Sentence examples for despite govern from inspiring English sources

He became a devoted railway signalman - which may explain why his most publicised industrial triumph was in 1994, when he led his signalmen members through the first big strike after rail privatisation, a 15-week dispute that won them substantial pay rises despite govern- ment opposition.

Why will it win so comfortably despite governing so poorly?The ANC makes the political weather, but South Africa is not a one-party state.

Despite governing for nearly 26 years and handily winning re-election again this year, President Yoweri Museveni now finds that his popularity seems to be waning, along with his grip on the economy and his own party.

Others bemoaned his worrisome environmental record — including a continued refusal to acknowledge the reality of man-made climate change, despite governing a state where millions of people live within a few feet of the high-tide line.

Instead of sweeping promises and grand goals, it emphasizes what the incumbent has managed to achieve despite governing during a historic economic downturn.

The oldest of them all is the Rada, which, despite governing for less than a year, has improbably survived two world wars, 70 years of Soviet occupation, and nearly a century in exile.

But perhaps the real scandal is the incapacity of political parties "to govern despite all their benefits," he said.

Abbott said the coalition had the best economic credentials to govern despite the figures, which were released by the independents yesterday.

While Brexit divisions will take centre stage in Birmingham, the issue of whether to call a snap election that could give her the power to govern despite them will probably be exercising May more than she will publicly admit.

Mr. Smith's defenders argue that he and the other Senate Democrats have shown they can govern despite the odds, pointing to the bailout plan as well as a deficit reduction plan passed in February and a close to on-time budget passed in April.

It is possible to govern despite winning fewer seats than a rival, but it doesn't tend to last the full term.