Sentence examples for governed with only from inspiring English sources

Hoffman pointed out that Netanyahu has previously governed with only 19 party seats, but is unconvinced that the Likud leader could scrape by again in a coalition with such a low haul, and he suspects Rivlin would insist that he join a national unity government.

But the reality was not much different to Labor governing with only the basic assurances of supply and confidence.

But the reality was not much different to a major party governing with only the basic assurances of supply and confidence.

Downs: The tax credits rebellion and "pig-gate" The prime minister quickly discovered the difficulties of governing with only a small majority when a group of Conservative backbenchers refused to accept his proposals for reducing tax credits, after suggesting in the election that they would be safe from cuts.

But sensationalist tabloids, which the opposition reckons are sponsored by Mr Fujimori's intelligence service, continue to traduce Mr Toledo and his wife, accusing him of alcoholism and other sins.If Mr Toledo were to win the election, he would face the tricky political task of trying to govern with only 29 seats in the 120-seat Congress.

As the Egyptian democracy movement unfolds, affecting people from North Africa to the borders of India and beyond, it clearly shows that people will only be governed with their consent — nothing less.

In recent months he dropped the anti-Hungarian and anti-Semitic oratory he was noted for, as well as the quest for the Greater Romania that his party champions, and concentrated on one message: if elected, he would "liquidate the mafia" that has sapped the wealth of this country, which he has said "can only be governed with a machine gun".

Certainly, Scottish Nationalists relish the divisive prospect of the Tories governing with only the barest representation north of the border.

It is easy to forget now but in the days after last year's General Election all the talk was about how hard it would be for a Conservative only Government to govern with a working majority of just 17. Controversial legislation would have to be shelved.

Since December 1946, when party leader Josef Müller guided the CSU to an overall majority in that year's Land (state) elections, the CSU has governed Bavaria continuously with only one exception (1954 57), though until 1962 it was sometimes forced to form a coalition with other parties.

The former was looking for strong, opinionated, feminist-minded hotheads who would govern an island with only one law: Women rule, men obey.