In regard to foreign affairs, the debut of the Left as a governing party was scarcely more satisfactory than its home policy.

Phocas proved entirely incapable of governing the empire.

This advance did not merely remove the primary batteries from the subscribers' stations; it removed also the magneto-generator, and at the same time it modified considerably the conditions governing the exchange operating.

Copper is not yet universally employed, price being the governing factor in its employment; moreover, the conducting quality of the iron used for telegraphic purposes has of late years been very greatly improved.

The genitive case is generally indicated by the position of the word after its governing noun.