They controlled most of the up-country river trade and they financed the principal Catholic institutions.

The principal institutions of medieval Birmingham collapse within the space of eleven years between 1536 and 1547.

Georgia Southern University is the city's principal institution of higher learning.

In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children.

As before, the Lögrétta, now comprising 36 members, continued to be its principal institution and shared formal legislative power with the king.

Each of these institutions has grown over time, and even today are the principal institutions of the region.

The First National Bank was established in 1866 and grew to become the city's principal financial institution.

The Zähringerstadt contained the medieval city's principal political, economic and spiritual institutions.

This was the principal educational institution for the English-speaking population.

To that end, they must be given clear, relevant and concerted messages by the principal institutions.