Sentence examples for had been governing from inspiring English sources
While the two parties continue their cooperation at the national level, a recent shakeup in Prague City Hall seems a preview of things to come.The two parties had been governing the Czech capital in a separate coalition government, until vote on May 23rd in the City Assembly saw TOP 09 and the ČSSD team up to bring down Bohuslav Svoboda, Prague's ODS mayor.
He railed coolly against the "cozy and sometimes corrupt relationship" between oil companies and the government, despite the fact that his administration had been governing for more than a year.
The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party had been governing together in an uneasy coalition.
One of his first concerns upon his accession was to pacify Egypt, where a usurper had been governing for two years.
But Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the bill's sponsor, said on the House floor Thursday that the previous administration had been "governing by interest groups" and was more concerned about animal welfare advocates than Alaska residents.
The party had been governing in coalition with Labour but during the assembly election campaign its partner managed to present itself as the party that would protect Wales against cuts imposed by the Tory-Lib Dem coalition at Westminster.
But the city could have done even better if it had been governed from Edinburgh, not London, Anderson said.
Before that, Glendale had been governed by a board of trustees which had been in place since incorporation in 1906.
