Sentence examples for could govern for from inspiring English sources

"If there were no siege, Hamas could govern for a hundred years," he said.

When the economy was rebounding from the collapse of 2001-02, and was helped by a big rise in world prices for Argentina's farm exports, "they discovered that they could govern for ten years solving each day's problems," says Luis Alberto Romero, a historian.

The issues Ed Miliband - distrustful of Lib Dems - might take the view that if he could govern successfully for a period, and then hold a second election (this would be difficult, but not impossible under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act), he could win more voter approval and secure a majority.

But he said the military would appoint an interim government, perhaps this week, that could govern the country for up to two years until new elections are called.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Batsi Munyaka, 27, an unemployed mechanic, had not read the document that could govern his nation for decades to come.

The Kurds would retain their autonomy within their own borders; independent Shiites could govern without concern for a Sunni uprising; and as a separate country, the Sunnis would no longer fear reprisal.

You had to show that it was a government who could govern in the national interest and for the full duration of the parliament.

Cameron could govern as a minority for a while.

The rules it makes for Capital One could govern the entire banking system going forward.

Emboldened by NoCar's secession from the U.S., Republicans in Congress next moved to abort their adjunct Ethics Committee so top leadership could govern unhampered by time-consuming prosecutions for felonies and other crimes.

In many ways Mr. Rice set the standard for how a nonwhite politician could govern in the Pacific Northwest.