This does not mean that the independent identities have been completely lost.
Erasmus did not want to lose his carefully developed independent identity.
What it has everything to do with is gaining an independent identity.
Its leaders were determined to maintain an independent and non-partisan identity.
More and more, its 22 million people say they feel an independent identity.
Each party was to maintain its independent identity and objectives.
It has an independent identity and is growing popular amongst tourists.
Inside an administration, you aren't really allowed to stake out an independent political identity.
At home it has worked to build a more independent national identity.
And now the Positronicon had to answer but it was no longer an independent identity.