Sentence examples for sole rule from inspiring English sources

They followed a simple, humble life of nonviolence, using the Bible as their sole rule of faith.

In 1152 Baldwin, following his assumption of sole rule, had to suppress a civil war that broke out between his supporters and those of his mother.

Suryavarman defeated rival claimants to the throne and established sole rule over Cambodia by 1113, reuniting the country after more than 50 years of unrest.

At that time Italy was convulsed by invading attacks from the Saracens in the south, the Hungarians in the north, and by internal wars among various margraves fighting for the sole rule of Italy.

795 September 29, 855 Germany Lothar I, also spelled Lothair (born 795 died Sept. 29, 855, Abbey of Prüm, Ger)., Frankish emperor, whose attempt to gain sole rule over the Frankish territories was checked by his brothers.

Seti provided him with a kingly household and harem, and the young prince accompanied his father on his campaigns, so that when he came to sole rule he already had experience of kingship and of war.

"What will happen now, there will a congress that will elect a new party leader from a list that will have only one candidate," argues Kemal Kirisci, director of the Center on the US and Europe's Turkey Project at Brookings".The person will be the next PM and his sole task will be to ensure a referendum in support of Erdogan's rule as the sole ruler of Turkey until 2019 and probably beyond.

To counter any attempts at sole personal rule, the Council of Ten was established (1310) to police the patrician order and defend the existing regime.

After succeeding his father, Olaf III Haraldsson, Magnus initially ruled jointly with his cousin Haakon and became sole ruler on Haakon's death the following year.

During his four decades of rule, Muammar Gaddafi dismantled most institutions, setting himself up as the sole ruler.

The co-rule ended abruptly the next year as Magnus died, and Harald thus became the sole ruler of Norway.