Sentence examples for ruling in the name of from inspiring English sources

That government, ruling in the name of the captive Prince Ferdinand, made major reforms in an effort to maintain colonial loyalty and support.

After the death of Francis II, Catherine de Médicis, who was ruling in the name of her second son, Charles IX, abandoned the repressive religious policy of Francis I and Henry II and attempted to achieve religious reconciliation.

Like Isabella of France, the "she-wolf" who deposed and murdered her husband, Edward II, before ruling in the name of her young son, Edward III, Cersei plots to dispose of her despised husband, King Robert Baratheon, in order to become the power behind the throne of her son Joffrey.

Indeed, Byblos was a semi-autonomous Egyptian governorate at the time and "the king of Byblos" must be the Semitic king of the city ruling it in the name of the pharaoh.

The Supreme Court has issued some of its most regrettable rulings in the name of protecting the nation from domestic threats -- upholding the imprisonment of radicals in 1925 and the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1944.

In the mid 19th century, it had taken a generation of political rhetoric to induce southern soldiers to fight for the interests of a small ruling class in the name of democracy.

At the time of Robert's agreement with the Crown, the government of England was controlled by Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella of France, who was ruling as regent in the name of her young son, Edward III.

Throughout the course of "Game of Thrones," Arya (played by Maisie Williams) has shown zero interest in ruling Westeros or the games people play in the name of gaining political power.

Montazeri had repeatedly accused the country's ruling Islamic establishment of imposing dictatorship in the name of Islam.

The penalty was lifted in 2003, but Montazeri remained defiant, repeatedly accusing the country's ruling Islamic establishment of imposing dictatorship in the name of Islam.

A military offensive, notionally in the name of the ruling coalition but in practice launched under pressure from the majority Slavs, has forced the National Liberation Army self-appointed Army self-appointedhnic Albanians—out of a couple of villages.