Sentence examples for were able to govern from inspiring English sources

In 1919 the village was incorporated and residents were able to govern themselves for the first time.

Rulers who were able to govern with little resistance for years are suddenly discovering that the seats they have been clinging to are becoming unbearably hot.

In this power vacuum, many smaller states such as Judah were able to govern themselves without foreign intervention from larger empires.

As a result of the relatively lucid communication and ease of movement, the Mongols were able to govern their vast empire effectively, thus ensuring political and economic stability.

"If we can't form this government," he said, "the Schröder government will only be able to govern for a very, very short time".

He was confident the Coalition would retain majority government, but said even in minority government Turnbull would be able to govern.

In essence, governments must be able to govern, ambitiously and coherently.

Whether that government will be able to govern the country remains to be seen.

"Neither the government nor the unions will be able to govern with the same tools in the same way as before the crisis".

Conservatives are not going to get to the political Promised Land and be able to govern America according to conservative principles until flawed, big-government Republican leaders are replaced with constitutional conservatives.

In a country like ours, where the people purport to be able to govern themselves through their elected representatives, adequate information about their government is of transcendent importance.