Sentence examples for but does not govern from inspiring English sources

Yet, in spite of appearances, Louis-Philippe was not prepared to accept the strictly symbolic role of a monarch who (in Thiers's phrase) "reigns but does not govern".

In my country, Morocco, it led to the birth of the February 20 Movement, a coalition of young activists of diverse and even divergent political convictions, but who share the same goal: turning Morocco into a parliamentary monarchy, where the king reigns but does not govern.

But cool logic does not govern his party's grassroots.

"The street can give its views," is the mantra of Mr Raffarin, "but the street does not govern".One way or another, the proof of the prime minister's argument will come soon enough.

Unlike traditional copyright law, the 1998 statute does not govern copying, but rather the ability to make or provide a way to gain access to encrypted material, which it would then be possible to copy.

The code does not govern the prices retailers agree with their suppliers, but is designed to prevent retailers from moving the goalposts part-way through a contract.

The mafia does not govern Palermo any more.

Unlike Ms Merkel, Mr Rüttgers does not govern with a competitor who badmouths reform.

But that relentlessly impatient Proulxian lyricism, while evident in "Bird Cloud," her latest Wyoming book, does not govern it.

Whereas the law looks for what the "reasonable man" would do, reasonableness does not govern our national agenda.

And just in case Ms. Brugada does not govern to his satisfaction, Mr. Acosta suggested he might retake the job.