They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question.
Wear a scarf in these colours or blow up a few balloons and you show where your loyalties lie.
A hatred that scores the face of every swallow-burrowed scarp, nourishes the root of every fruit tree, and supercedes all other loyalties and enmities.
His loyalties may sometimes be divided, just as a man may feel torn if his wife and mother are at loggerheads. but most such problems can be resolved or papered over.
the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained.
In periods heavily influenced by ideology, political loyalties no longer coincide with national boundaries.
It was a place of open doors, of the one strange family about whom everyone gossiped, and of petty hierarchies and loyalties; a place both smug and safe.
The gifts it bestows on its inhabitants – both owners and servants – and the duties and loyalties it exacts from them exert a directional pull on the course of the book.
Your conscience, conviction, integrity, and loyalties were torn asunder.
Mr Obama's loyalties, however, are post-tribal: he wants, characteristically, both sides to sit down and talk about it.
The Good: I really like the idea of stumbling onto news, and the ability to quickly scan headlines about a given topic without knowing the source eliminates our media loyalties.
I renounce my loyalties to House Sunstrider and its false prince.
We thought that this letter, from a researcher of Libyan history, makes a good point in elaborating the potential consequences of tribal loyalties in the new Libya.
Children suffer from divided loyalties when their parents separate.
Julia Newth, wildlife health research officer at the center, said the situation was unusual because swans usually have "real loyalties to one another" and long partnerships.
When Doyle reluctantly takes charge of 11-year-old Kenya while her mother languishes in hospital, loyalties grow tangled.
But General Anupong has promoted his followers and penalised officers suspected of Thaksinite loyalties.
Christmas should be a time of banked-up fires, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed.
My loyalties lie with my family.
New Year should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.
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