Sentence examples for rulers for from inspiring English sources

He is too kind to the latest Nehru-Gandhi rulers, for example.

However, there was competition between Marathas, Mughals, and local rulers for political supremacy in the Deccan.

Americans replaced the Spanish as rulers for a spell, before granting the country independence.

But their people are among Asia's poorest and cannot rely on their rulers for anything.

Prelates should not be temporal judges and rulers, for no man can serve two masters.

Other defence lawyers in the Sharif case criticised the country's military rulers for not providing them with better protection.

Mr. Moi is one of the last of Africa's "big men," authoritarian rulers for whom the continent has become known.

See articleCambodia blamed Thailand's new military rulers for causing an exodus of Cambodian migrant workers from the country.

It has also put Mr Ben Ali's fellow rulers-for-life on notice that they, too, may suddenly find themselves without friends or a country.

Bowing to what he called "the people's pressure", orchestrated in nationwide mass rallies, he declared his candidacy for elections in September that are likely to prolong his tenure until the end of 2013.Mr Saleh has a better flair for theatrics than most of the region's other rulers-for-life, but their survival instincts are just as keen.

The region has its fair share of rulers-for-life, but none has to date hinted at granting concessions in an attempt to appease their political opponents.