(Of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces.
1 For the people of the plain were self - governing ; they had no lords.
2 This incident illustrates the underlying principle of taxation in a self - governing community.
3 Up to that date they had not been self - governing ; the Governor ruled.
4 So it was altered until practically the colonists became a self - governing people.
5 We wish this great country of ours to be greater and self - governing .
6 A Greek city, being independent and self - governing , is properly called a city-state.
7 Greenland and the Faroe Islands are self - governing countries within the Kingdom of Denmark.
8 So, we think of ourselves as autonomous, self - governing human-beings in our own right.
9 In effect, strike or no strike, the district was already self - governing .
10 They revolted however, in A. D. 40, and declared themselves a self - governing community.
11 Every decision is a communal one for the self - governing Ensemble Modern.
12 They are self - governing , yes, but they are British crown dependent territories.
13 The idea that we the people are self - governing is a mirage.
14 By the divine blessing on such experiences, the self - governing power usually gains strength.
15 Gibraltar is an economically self-reliant, and mostly self - governing British Overseas Territory.
16 Canada was represented by some of the high officials of that self - governing colony.
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