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governor English

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What does governor mean?
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governor

A governor is a person who leads a place like a state or territory. The king appointed a new governor for the province. The governor agreed to set the prisoner free. The election for state governor was a close one.

governor

the head of a state government a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)

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governor

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Simple sentences

Tom's brother-in-law is a prison governor.
Everybody wished he had been elected governor.
The governor appeared on TV in person.
The governor set the prisoners free.
The governor's speech was published in the magazine.
I congratulate him, I congratulate Governor Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
The prisoner was pardoned by the governor.
He ran for governor of California.
He was elected governor of Texas in 1994.
Rockefeller was governor of New York.
Mr. Clinton was governor of Arkansas at the time.
The governor abused his authority.
Tom was pardoned by the governor.
The governor has declared a state of emergency.
A state of emergency has been declared by the governor.
The governor invested him with full authority.
The governor was furious.
The governor of Texas was furious.
Tom's pardon was granted by the governor.
The governor pardoned the criminal.
Nothing can save the Governor-General.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor of California.

Movie subtitles

While we are here, call me Governor-General, Vice-Governor Euphemia.
I am still your Governor.
Menon, the Governor.
On the steps of the palace, the King welcomes Samlak and Makeda They are received by the governor Menon.
The governor will be mighty pleased, anyway.
Make way for the governor.
Have you got her, governor?
Her father's Governor of the Sudan.
The Governor of New Mexico declared it to stop a bullfight.
The Governor of Oklahoma to regulate oil production.
Thank you, governor. - Right you are.
Good night, Governor. - I can't tell you how much obliged I am.
Imagine me, the Governor's wife.
Ten governor-generals in 6 years!
Bugeaud was named governor-general.
The governor chose to send 3 units after him.
I'll speak to Governor Randon on your behalf.
No one is on your side here, not governor, army or settlers.
The governor is seizing our land to give to the colonists.
Since that is the case, could you arrange a meeting between myself as head of the Jewish Council, and the governor-general?
The governor is in a foul mood.
Tell the governor that if France does nothing, there'll be war.
Troops have been sent to the district by order of the Governor.
Tell the governor we may need the militia.
What is the matter with His Excellency, the Governor General of Shanghai?
The spokesperson for the UN military meeting as well as the local Governor welcomed them.
You surrounded yourself with a a lot of half-baked, long-haired. No, Governor.
Well, good morning, Governor.
And there'll be no reprieve from the governor this time.
Good old governor.
That dope of a governor's so scared of Rocky, he's appointing a special shyster.
I thought you ought to know -the governor didn't sign that reprieve.
Get the governor on the phone.
Yeah. First time I ever double-crossed a governor.
Listen, will you ever forget the night you brought the governor back to the hotel?
The governor says the situation calls for the militia.
Here's a red-hot statement from the governor.

News and current affairs

His choice of Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate shook up the presidential campaign.
He denounced Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan as a mere puppet of the sinister governor of Illinois, John Peter Altgeld.
We have heard Texas Governor Rick Perry call obliquely for the lynching of his fellow Republican, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, should he come to the Lone Star State.
Andrei Kozlov, the deputy governor of Russia's central bank who was leading a campaign against financial fraud, was assassinated on September 14.
But when New Jersey Governor John Corzine was involved in a serious road accident last month, it became known that he violated his own state's law by not wearing his seat belt.
For example, Louisiana's governor is of Indian origin, and has been mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain.
In New Zealand, the bank's governor is the sole decision-maker.
Inflation, a major threat to the economy until recently, is down under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India's governor, Raghuram Rajan.
The government succumbed and removed the chief minister and his cabinet, placing the troubled province under the care of the provincial governor.
Rumors of an imminent default swirl around Sicily, whose governor has resigned as borrowing soared after cutbacks from Rome.
The state faces another large budget deficit, yet Governor Jerry Brown's budget this year includes a substantial spending increase.
California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was an immigrant (from Austria) before he was a movie star.
Puerto Rico's governor, Alejandro García Padilla, has appointed a working group to produce a five-year program to restore growth and fiscal sustainability.
Jaime Caruana, the General Manager of the BIS, and a former Governor of the Bank of Spain, answers yes to both questions.
While repealing one law to satisfy his voters - and get elected - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised new legislation that would restore undocumented workers' ability to obtain a driver's license.
Chu is a former Berkeley and Stanford professor of physics and head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, while Locke is a former Washington State governor and a long-time supporter of US-China commercial exchanges.
We won the election, but I lost my own race for a parliamentary seat and was sent off to Hong Kong as the colony's last British governor.
Nemat Shafik, a deputy governor of the Bank of England, tried to position herself between these opposing positions.
Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, has repeatedly called for a shift toward an international monetary system that allows for the use of multiple currencies for payments and investment.
Recent events have highlighted this problem - and Governor Zhou thus was right to call for a different system.
But they are the real implications of Governor Zhou's remarks.

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