Sentence examples for govern in the name of from inspiring English sources

He will probably govern in the name of the Central Committee until his own authority is nailed down.

When Morsi first came to power, he appeared to accept this, promising to govern in the name "of all Egyptians".

Plectrude imprisoned Charles and tried to govern in the name of her grandchildren, but Charles escaped, gathered an army, and defeated the Neustrians in battles at Amblève near Liège (716) and at Vincy near Cambrai (717).

As Nick Spencer of Theos, a religious think-tank, puts it: "Ministers govern in the name of the monarch, and the monarch in the name of God".In this section Dressing up for the election The road to 2017 Black letter day Butler's loss Record time Liquid scotch?

Unity was a theme taken up in Mr Rouhani's inauguration speech to parliament on 4 August and the desire to govern in the name of all Iranians.

...a Democrat had proclaimed his/her love, devotion, and commitment to govern in the name of his Marxist, Socialist cult hero who denounced faith and religion?

With Calles at its head, the official party governed in the name of the revolution.

A number of independent-minded Poles reckon he really has governed in the name of the nation, not on behalf of old cronies.

At Yoritomo's death in 1199 Tokimasa became the guardian of the heir Yoriie and in effect regent, although Masako governed in the name of her son.

"Hamas is worse than Mubarak, because it governs in the name of God, not the people," says Ayman Shaheen, a professor at Azhar University, Gaza's last remaining college outside the movement's control.At first, Hamas relied on its own considerable popular base.

Rose declares that we even 'have the right, as governed subjects' to contest the practices that govern us in the name of freedom (ibid.: 59 60).