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
They had no choice but to pursue home rule, even at risk of fracturing or destroying their own party.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
In 1979, the island was granted home rule, and 30 years later, Greenland became a self-governing entity.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
But they came out with the preconceived notion that kindness would win the people over, whereas what those people wanted was not foreign kindness but home rule, not silken political swaddling clothes, but freedom.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.
