Near the end of his rule as Governor, Douglas was criticized for not changing the colony into a self-governing body.

As self-governing bodies, local education authorities are, by and large, free to decide for themselves the amount of money they will spend on education.

In most cases, the local town governments continued operating as self-governing bodies, just as they had before the appointment of the governors.

He initiated a number of decisions on widening the powers of local self-governing bodies.

One of the world's great musical instruments, it is a self-governing body, without a permanent music director.

Since then, the university, a self-governing body, had continued to abide by Proposition 209 in making judgments on scholarships and admissions for the spring term.

Political advertising is so wretched that most of it wouldn't be approved by our own self-governing bodies.

However, independent self-governing municipal bodies have begun systems of regional appellation.

Some 3000-5000 villages were liberated and self-governing bodies were formed.

As a self-governing body, the orchestra selects the conductors with whom it works.