Sentence examples for but cannot govern from inspiring English sources

The anger at Mr. Rove was palpable in the words of former opponents like Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, who said Mr. Rove had "proved the politics of division may win some elections but cannot govern America".

* Berlusconi stages comeback but cannot govern alone.

But sharia cannot govern laws of international trade, or the laws of the Egyptian Football Association.

Mr. Sharon's party now holds a strong plurality in the 120-member Parliament, but he cannot govern without building a coalition.

Yet Kublai Khan at the outset of his reign was faced by an insoluble dilemma, which was given vivid expression in a memorial presented to him by one of his Chinese advisers: "I have heard that one can conquer the empire on horseback, but one cannot govern it on horseback".

But Smith cannot govern here.

They can plot, and they can topple, but they cannot govern and they cannot stabilise.

But he added: "You cannot govern the country on a personal basis.

You can kill that woman, but she escapes you then; you cannot govern her.

"The athletes need to be world class to earn extra funding," says Steele, "and we are not here to bail out sports which cannot govern themselves correctly but reward those who show potential".

You cannot govern by Islam.