Sentence examples for ruling with a from inspiring English sources

Domenech appears to be ruling with a rod of iron.

Mr Berlusconi's greatest failing has been his inability to reform the Italian economy despite ruling with a comfortable majority.

We do not want a country like Iran, which thinks that it is ruling with a divine mandate.

President Vladimir V. Putin took the reins of political power and began ruling with a tightening hand.

But the court, ruling with a narrow majority, sidestepped the larger landmark question of whether physician-assisted suicide is a right guaranteed under the state's Constitution.

However, ruling with a minority of seats is possible as a vote of no confidence or a rejection of the leading party's agenda requires the support of an absolute majority of MPs (at least 116).

He was often accused of ruling with an iron fist and sponsoring rebellions all over west Africa.

The billionaire has a reputation for ruling with an iron fist, said Heyler, but in fact he encouraged debate.

After a failed a coup attempt in 1982 by members of the Air Force, Mr. Moi began ruling with an iron hand.

Governments ruling with an iron fist, whether backed by the US or Russia, were left on the defensive, fearing further revolutions.

"There is a contradiction between educating a lot of your population and creating a white-collar middle class and then ruling with an iron hand," said Juan R. Cole, a professor of Middle East studies at the University of Michigan.