Sentence examples for had governed from inspiring English sources

It had governed the state for 16 years.

Colonial Britain had governed the north and the south as two different entities.

The Democratic Left lost in Naples, where it had governed since 1993, coming in third.

Mr. Saed had governed a smaller province before he was thrown out during the 2011 revolution.

His victory changed the political calculus that had governed the state for years.

Castelar had governed firmly and had the confidence of the army.

The predominantly black board had governed Southern University, while one of the other boards governed Grambling.

The centrists, led by Kjell Magne Bondevik, had governed since 1997.

After all, it was the philosophy that had governed much of my life.

By the fall of 1969, this other mandate, which had governed American life for nearly a decade, had prevailed again.

As the mayor of Istanbul, one of the world's great cities, Erdoğan had governed as a charismatic and smart technocrat.