Sentence examples for the task of governing from inspiring English sources

Military officials have often complained that the weak and corrupt Afghan government is not adequate to the task of governing.

Governments "do business by breaking the task of governing up into several subject-specific portfolios (defense, finance, transportation, health, education, and so on) and assigning responsibility for each portfolio to specific individuals" and departments.

Local government, understood as a set of public institutions with the task of governing in the local sphere, is one of the components of a complex mechanism of regulation composed on many local actors (institutions and others) interrelated with each other, for which the notion of governance is used nowadays with increasing frequency.

Having effectively shelved their manifestos, having disorientated the electorate and the punditry, this government will have no period of grace to adjust to the task of governing.

The task of governing required New Labour to make concessions.

And that will make the task of governing hugely difficult".

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The new prime minister, Monti, confirmed he would take on the unenviable task of governing the eurozone's most indebted nation after two days of intense consultations during which Italy's borrowing costs soared to unsustainable levels.

At the ceremony, the pope told the new cardinals that while they will cooperate closely with him in "the delicate task" of governing the worldwide Church, they must first and foremost be men of religion.

A CNN International anchor called the proliferating messages a "sideshow" to the greater task of governing Libya in the wake of Colonel Qaddafi's ouster, and The Guardian observed that his comments about women revealed Colonel Qaddafi to be "sexist to the last".

In the end, Ms Gregoire looked set to win.These governors now have the unenviable task of governing.