Sentence examples for virtually sovereign from inspiring English sources

So far, each commissioner has been virtually sovereign.

By 1648 his campaigns had made him virtually sovereign in Normandy.

A trained political scientist and historian, Wilson believed that the president should be the leader of public opinion, the chief formulator of legislative policy, and virtually sovereign in the conduct of foreign relations.

The Tenures Abolition Act 1746 ended the feudal bond of military service and the later Heritable Jurisdictions Act removed the virtually sovereign power the chiefs held over their clan.

I can't imagine a scenario where the global financial system had been so decimated that even the IMF, backed by virtually every sovereign around the globe, could not repay its biggest lenders.

Jahwar was elected head and, as virtually an absolute sovereign ostensibly assisted by a council, restored peace and economic prosperity in his 12-year-reign (1031 43).

He energetically Christianized those parts of Lithuania still pagan, but he was unable to incorporate Lithuania into Poland as he had promised and was forced to let Vytautas act virtually as a sovereign.

The needs of the political situation forced Bodin to give his sovereign virtually unlimited authority, though he insisted as was traditionally the case in France that the ruler should respect the sanctity of the natural law, of the fundamental laws of the kingdom, of property, and of the family.

It was born of Greek leaders who misled the European Union with false economic statistics to gain entry to the euro; of European policy makers who turned a blind eye to Greece's deceptions; of banking regulators who deemed sovereign debt virtually risk-free; and of banks and other investors who, hungering for profits, joined in the groupthink that the euro zone would never let a member default.

At the same time, China is fearful of America's global domination and might, and generically opposes virtually all military intervention in sovereign countries.

"I think this virtually last-minute cancellation, from a sovereign government, citing unexpected financial difficulties, is irresponsible and totally unprofessional.