Sentence examples for governed rather from inspiring English sources

"The government's view was always that this was a local choice and that people should be given the chance to decide how their city is governed rather than have a mayor imposed upon them," he said.

In a comment that got delegates to their feet, he said: "Some Washington pundits and media big shots are in a frenzy over the selection of a woman who has actually governed rather than just talked a good game on the Sunday talk shows and hit the Washington cocktail circuit".

This year has seen a dramatic acceleration of history in the Arab world, the falling apart of a rotten order; an unraveling that has birthed the "rough beast" of new societies where people will have a say in how they are governed rather than being trampled by Paleolithic tyrants.

One year after November 2008, will voters again rise to the occasion or remain on the sidelines with an 'Obama hangover'?" A society accustomed to sitting on the couch and being passively entertained is one more accustomed to being governed rather than to governing.

Swiss hospitals are governed rather autonomously by the 26 cantons (political units) and little national regulation takes place [ 22].

In the pre-crisis era, he was an enthusiastic fan of the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, praising them as "politicians who are serious about governing, rather than devoting themselves entirely to amassing power and rewarding cronies".

Now that Republicans are in charge, voters will expect them to govern, rather than merely obstruct.

Should governments focus on happiness rather than GDP, or would that be to misunderstand happiness as something that stems from those who govern, rather than from individuals?

He told the Tories they had to look as if they actually liked the country they sought to govern, rather than wishing they could turn back time.

In an era in which voters are more and more turned off by partisanship, the events make him seem to be governing rather than campaigning.

It is our belief that leaders who use fear to govern, rather than sharing wisdom born from facts, cannot be just.