Sentence examples for having governed for from inspiring English sources

In May 1531, having governed for only four months, Mary told her brother Ferdinand the experience was like having a rope around her neck.

Sure, the president can point to the mess George W. Bush handed him, but after having governed for almost a full term, he can't do too much of that with sounding like a whiner.

Mr. Karzai, who has governed for more than four years as the leader of interim and transitional governments, reshuffled his cabinet on March 22 in anticipation of harsh scrutiny by Parliament, which must for the first time vote on his choices.

Yet the country the ANC has governed for almost two decades is hardly content.

Howard Dean, the moderate Democrat who has governed for nine years, will keep his seat.

A PARTY that has governed for a quarter of a century would seem an unlikely instrument for change.

That he has governed for 32 months is a tribute to the political skills of an underestimated man.

In Delhi, which it has governed for five years, voters still smart from constant power cuts during a sweltering summer.

What are the signature achievements of your party in this city, which it has governed for more than 15 years?

President Diouf has held power for 20 years, and his Socialist Party has governed for 40 years, since Senegal's independence.

Sri Lanka's voters have rejected the coalition that has governed for seven years, according to election results announced today.