Sentence examples for a commonwealth for from inspiring English sources

When Australia entered World War I, it had been a commonwealth for more than a decade, but its people identified themselves mostly with their home states.

Australia had been a commonwealth for just over a decade when it entered World War I, but its people still identified themselves mostly with their home states.

Another is a new library of books organized by reading level that will be a "commonwealth of goodies for everyone".

One was "a city on a hill", a model commonwealth for the rest of humankind.

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, but for tax purposes, it is treated differently.

"Sexual assault occurs too often on college campuses, and it is critically important that we redouble our efforts to combat incidents that harm our students and undermine what we stand for as a commonwealth of learning," Pelton wrote.

Carlin, who became the first Welsh woman to win a Commonwealth swimming gold for 40 years, entered her European final as the fastest qualifier.

Carlin, who became the first Welsh woman to win a Commonwealth swimming gold for 40 years in Glasgow last month, held off Sharon Rouwendaal of the Netherlands and Spain's Maria Belmonte-Garcia to take gold in a personal best of four minutes 3.24 seconds.

My state of Massachusetts, for example, is a commonwealth, founded expressly to provide for the collective good.

But opinions about the island's political fate abound, and polls of stateside Puerto Ricans have shown a preference for a commonwealth.

Joseph L. Morea, a CommonWealth trustee, was up for re-election, and more than three quarters of the shares voted were cast against him.