Sentence examples for governed with an from inspiring English sources

Since taking office in 2006, the Harper government has governed with an iron-fist, establishing unprecedented barriers to information on the road to becoming the most secretive administration in Canadian history.

Indeed, parts of eastern Tibet have been governed with an iron grip since the uprising.

He governed with an autocratic style, refusing to offer concessions to opponents and making little effort to gain new allies.

For the great majority of Syrians, the forgotten Syria meant a police state, a country governed with an iron fist.

In neighboring Rhineland-Palatinate, where the Social Democrat premier Kurt Beck has governed with an absolute majority since 2006, the Social Democrats suffered sizable losses.

But, Chang argues, Cixi governed with an impressive aplomb and authority that belied the prejudice so many foreigners continued to harbor against her.

He governed with a relentless and competitive work ethic rather than by winning any charm offensives.

For the last four years, when he enjoyed an absolute majority in parliament, he had governed with a forceful, even arrogant style.

In Piedmont Victor Emmanuel II governed with a parliament whose democratic majority refused to ratify the peace treaty with Austria.

Napoleon governed with a Senate and a Tribunate and, after he was named emperor, with constitutional bodies designed to curb abuses of power.

She failed to win an outright majority and has since governed with a hung parliament and the support of a motley crew of independents and greens.