The judiciary lacks independence and the legislature, which meets only a few days each year, has little power to shape laws.

Related to this was a feeling amongst students that they lacked independence.

They lack independence, may develop stiffness or even feel a failure because their ulcers do not heal.

But such subdivisions often lack sufficient independence to turn themselves into truly small schools.

Because of its reliance on police to investigate themselves, the Authority was perceived as lacking independence.

She lacks independence (the mayor might as well be casting her votes) and has little in the way of leadership qualities.

Until the 2000s, the Court lacked independence from the executive branch in many cases.

Bankers and lawyers, like any other professionals, always have the possibility of seeking business for their firms, which means they lack true independence.

What I write seems to lack independence, seems only the pale reflection of earlier work.

Lawrence Warden, head of a home health care agency, has savvy and energy but lacks political independence.