Respective

Examples

• Such colonies, therefore, have been a source of expense, and not of revenue, to their respective mother countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• General Meade at once ordered the other corps to advance and feel the enemy in their respective fronts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are all three paid for their work according to the contract which they may happen to make with their respective superiors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of Gold and Silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The circular index plate _n_ had marked on it opposite the respective levers the letters and characters represented by said levers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This was for the electrical equipment of their respective railway lines, and is the largest electrical contract ever made. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• You and Mr. Elton are by situation called together; you belong to one another by every circumstance of your respective homes. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Then the pay is not derived by the several artists from their respective arts. Plato. The Republic.
• They were taken to their respective homes, and when Austin got well again, he married Rose in due course. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Side wheel steamers for inland waters, and screw propellers for sea service, however, in time established their fitness for their respective scenes of action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Since a choice has to be made, we want to know the respective claims of each competitor. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In addition to carrying a printing plate, this frame also carried a paper card bearing a proof of its respective printing plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The troops will follow their respective reconnoitring parties. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mrs. Gale, Mrs. Hogg, and Mrs. Whipp--their respective landladies--affirm that it is just for naught else but to give folk trouble. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But the extent of their respective markets is commonly extremely different. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The prohibition of exporting gold and silver was, in France and England, confined to the coin of those respective countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But, first, We cannot always judge of the value of the current money of different countries by the standard of their respective mints. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And as these parts are used on separate occasions, the respective apertures are opened or closed by a sliding bottom and by a single movement of the hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here we were returned to our respective cells; I with Xodar, the boy by himself; and behind locked doors we were again prisoners of the First Born. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was managed by the constables of the respective wards in turn; the constable summoned a number of housekeepers to attend him for the night. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• There is some disparity in your respective years, but in your means and positions there is none; on the contrary, there is a great suitability. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They were assembled at the most convenient railroad centres in their respective congressional districts. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Every one thinks his own crow the whitest, he said gayly; but come, leave off arguing about the merits of your respective lady-loves. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The corps commanders were to select the points in their respective fronts where they would make their assaults. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They are destined for each other by the voice of every member of their respective houses; and what is to divide them? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The holes are then machine bored at the respective points, sufficiently deep to reduce the weight to exact specifications. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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