be governed by something

The global economy is still very much governed by the price of oil.

If there are the means to govern by a constitution well and good.

Remind the media that Bush doesn't govern by the will of the people.

But I would never wish to see a son of mine govern himself by it.

Usually, however, villagers liked to think of themselves as governed by town law.

They are owned, funded and governed by a local group of people.

The use of authority is not arbitrary but governed by rules.

It was to be owned, populated and governed by the children of the world.

He saw history as governed by the racial aspects of society, both internal and national.

Now the words seemed to be rising up from inside him, as if governed by some inner logic of their own.