The phrase "governing term" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a word or phrase that has a controlling or dominant influence over the meaning and structure of a sentence. It is commonly used in language studies and grammar analysis. Example: In the sentence "The cat chased the mouse," the verb "chased" is the governing term, as it determines the subject (the cat) and the object (the mouse) of the sentence.
A point in common is that these politicians were among the 29 council members who, at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's bidding, rewrote the voter-approved law governing term limits.
Any New Yorker who thought that laws governing term limits had been made final a decade ago need look only to events of the last month to see how uncertain things remain, not only for six City Council members whose terms could end this year but also for dozens of candidates who hope to succeed them.
Finally, a governing term for the oil production initiation was introduced as S wf ∗ K f 1 + L hw ∗ μ o where higher values of this term result in faster well communication establishment and in turn, the oil production commencement.
In October of 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg successfully persuaded the City Council to change the law governing term limits so that he could run for a third term in 2009.
According to the investigated parameters and previous discussions on sensitivity analysis of fracture water saturation, fracture permeability and oil viscosity in all of the well patterns, we introduced a governing term for the oil production initiation.
Because of the peculiarities of rules governing terms on the Fed board, Mr. Greenspan's term as a governor does not actually expire until 2006.
"Given relatively short governing terms, the leaders tend to make decisions that sacrifice the grass roots in favor of international competitions and Olympic medals.
So, provided Ofcom delivers in the spirit and intention of the legislation, robust codes of practice governing terms of trade between independent producers and broadcasters should be operational later this year.
This was a dialog around the governing terms of the site.
Hachette and Amazon are negotiating a new agreement governing terms under which Amazon will sell Hachette e-books, the Wall Street Journal reports, adding, "In the talks with Hachette, Amazon is seeking a higher percentage split, said an industry executive.
We hypothesize that the introduction of certain health-sector policies governing terms of HRH employment affected incentives to provide vaccinations and therefore relationships between HRH densities and vaccination rates.
