Sentence examples of "hold sway" in English

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Translations: all9 господствовать6 other translations3
Taiwan's people know that they cannot prosper as a democracy if ethnic divisiveness is allowed to hold sway. Тайваньцы знают, что они не могут процветать как демократия, если будет поддерживаться этническое разделение.
And it continued to hold sway as recently as almost two years ago, when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras executed an equally notable U-turn. И этот вопрос не потерял актуальности два года тому назад, когда греческий премьер-министр Алексис Ципрас выполнил широко известный поворот в экономической политике на 180 градусов.
A Supreme Court dominated by conservative factions has selected judges and prosecutors, and Afghans have little legal redress in a system that allows local commanders, who hold sway over the judiciary, to act with impunity. Верховный Суд, который находится под давлением консервативных фракций, избирал судей и прокуроров, и у афганцев мало правового удовлетворения от системы, которая разрешает местным командующим, руководящим судебной властью, действовать безнаказанно.
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