With the exception of the occasional raid by government forces, the tribes there were largely self-governing.

The best have a largely self-governing community of active, engaged travellers.

Over time, a number of colonies were granted "responsible government", making them largely self-governing.

It had been largely self-governing since its beginnings.

Syria had become an official republic in 1930 and was largely self-governing.

With the Philippines largely self-governing, the post of high commissioner was mostly ceremonial.

Both are largely self-governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish Parliament.

Granted greater autonomy under a 1972 constitution, the islands are largely self-governing and economically self-sufficient.

The central state in that sense weighed less heavily on its component parts, which were largely self-governing.

I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics, largely self-governing, but with certain specified powers on a federal basis.