Sentence examples for a constitutional entity from inspiring English sources

Rather he had a sense of the state as a constitutional entity which must be preserved at all costs.

However, devolution has to deliver, and the UK government must play its part, if we are to remain a constitutional entity.

"As a constitutional entity, Wales has found itself trailing behind the other nations of these islands, often having to settle for well below 'the going rate' for powers over its own affairs.

As a constitutional entity, the Commission could only be abolished by an amendment ratified by popular vote.

In a letter to the governor, O'Grady wrote, "The commission itself is a constitutional entity charged to do a difficult, controversial job independent of the state's political structure.

Although the 1920 Government of Ireland Act envisaged separate parliaments exercising jurisdiction over southern and northern Ireland, the architects of the partition anticipated that the new constitutional entity to be known as Northern Ireland would prove too small to be viable and would be rapidly absorbed into a united Ireland.

It must be obligatory for the governments of the constitutional entities to participate in the meetings of the Council when issues are being dealt with which affect their exclusive competences, as in the case of taxation in the Basque Country.

Voters also approved a constitutional amendment barring public entities from considering race, gender and ethnicity when hiring workers or granting scholarships.

The measure's main architects — a constitutional lawyer and a retired police captain who are both Democratic state lawmakers from Brooklyn — said creating a monitoring entity was never seriously contemplated.

A constitutional assembly perhaps?

Perhaps a constitutional crisis.