home rule
Example Sentences
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"We have always worked towards independence when we got home rule in 1979 and more independence in 2009."
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
But Denmark granted it home rule in 1979, and its 57,000 inhabitants retain the right to vote for independence.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
Bonar Law was both a true believer in the Ulster cause and a shrewd political operator, who correctly perceived that home rule could be used to bring down Asquith and the Liberals.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
Serrott agreed, finding that the law was only designed to prevent cities from exercising home rule.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
No home rule proposal ever submitted in this House proposed to deprive the Imperial Parliament of the power of dealing with all questions in relation to the army and navy.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
