Sentence examples similar to virtually self governing from inspiring English sources

Ceded to the British at the end of the French and Indian War (1763), the settlement was virtually self-governing until the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War and remained predominantly French in population and tradition for almost 100 years after that.

Local schools carry on the American tradition of self governing, but this does not entail isolation.

Unlike machines, whose governing functions are embedded by human designers, organisms are self-governing.

"Groups can be quite fragile because they are self-governing.

Proponents of independence contend that Puerto Rico should be self-governing.

Each fraternity, sorority, and independent living group is self-governing.

1997-8: Scotland becomes independent and the English regions become self-governing.

But it could not prevent them from doing so, because the congregations are self-governing.

In effect, strike or no strike, the district was already self-governing.

The former colony is now self-governing.

Here is the thing: the European Central Bank is self-governing.