Sentence examples for ruler only from inspiring English sources

The country's vast copper, cobalt and diamond mines were divulging their riches to the ruler only and paying for palaces in Switzerland and France.

As court etiquette relaxed in the 19th century, however, dancers were required to face the ruler only on the most formal occasions or when they were being presented to the court.

As in "Gilgamesh," the ancient epic poem pieced together from stone-tablet fragments, Gil Matt W. Codyy) starts out as a vain ruler ("Only death can defeat me, and even he would tremble before me") whose habits include sleeping with his male subjects' wives on their wedding night.

He becomes an outlaw as a result of social injustice; embarks on a career of righting wrongs; robs the rich to help the poor; never kills except in self-defence or just revenge; always remains a part of his community; commands the support of the common people; dies only as the result of betrayal; appears to be invulnerable; and doesn't oppose the true ruler, only usurpers and venal officials.

This ideal of the 'real ruler' only emerges as part of Thrasymachus' position under interrogation by Socrates.

Finally, there were the followers of what Josephus terms "the fourth philosophy," theocratic zealots who believed that the Jews should not be governed by any human ruler, but only by God.

Thus social harmony cannot be assured through the recognition by the people of the virtue of their ruler, but only through strong state control and absolute obedience to authority.

It combines the Hellenic sense of purpose with Christian aims and asserts that, under God, power resides in the community, embodied in the ruler but only for so long as he does right.

As of 2017 residents will be able to elect their ruler, but only from candidates vetted by Beijing.

Vietnam's rulers only began opening the country's economy to the world in the early 1990s.

Mohamed Saad Katatni, secretary general of the Brotherhood's political party, said in a statement on Thursday that it had joined the advisory council on the understanding that it would give advice and opinion to the military rulers only until Parliament was seated.