Sentences with govern
gov·ern
G g - They go to the polls on Friday to choose the people they want to govern their country. [VERB noun]
- Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations. [be VERB-ed + by]
- They wanted a government prepared to take the long view.
- Thoroughbred racing punters could be subject to disciplinary powers that govern racing after ruling by Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board.
- To govern one's temper
- His injury governed his decision to avoid sports
- The opposition will cut services, govern only for the big end of town, and turn a blind eye to the overlogging of our forests.
- Mary Riddell Less an election than a romcom, the contest to govern Britain has become a battle of hearts not minds.
- Latin nouns govern adjectives that modify them
- To govern public opinion
- Govern implies the exercise of authority in controlling the actions of the members of a body politic and directing the affairs of state, and generally connotes as its purpose the maintenance of public order and the promotion of the common welfare; , rule now usually signifies the exercise of arbitrary or autocratic power; , administer implies the orderly management of governmental affairs by executive officials
- To govern one's temper
- The scientific principles governing a phenomenon
- To govern a nation.
- The motives governing a decision.
- To govern one's temper.
- The principles governing a case.
- Govern yourselves like civilized people. a student who could not govern his impulses.
- Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
- A valve that governs fuel intake.