Sentence examples for govern his from inspiring English sources

His assertion during the Maastricht debates that John Major, the then prime minister, was over-promoted and unfit to govern – "his ideal level of political competence would be deputy chief whip or something of that standing" – was denounced in loyalist Tory ranks as pure snobbery.

Were there inherent flaws in him that governed, or failed to govern, his actions?

His asceticism seems also to govern his view of narrative.

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

But Pippin was ambitious to govern his people as king, not merely as mayor.

Pompey could stay on in Italy and govern his provinces by deputies.

It also shows how his inner emotional state can be used to govern his behaviour.

An atrocious artfulness governs his pictures.

The slumping national economy governs his days.

It is a philosophy that governs his life.

Schwarzenegger spoke with relish about governing his gargantuan jurisdiction.