Sentence examples for a longstanding state of from inspiring English sources

But the large-scale deployment of the police and recent concessions — Mr. Bouteflika has promised to lift a longstanding state of emergency here — show the government is wary of the contagion of unrest in neighboring countries.

It still surprises me that the whole scientific community accepted and supported (or simply paid no attention to) a longstanding state of affairs that has made accessing the findings from other's research difficult or impossible (and expensive) for many scientists, as well as for others who are interested in them.

But that position has been harder to defend as Suleiman and other Mubarak allies appeared to dig in, refusing the administration's entreaties to undertake swift reforms such as scrapping the country's longstanding state of emergency.

There is no comparable history of longstanding state regulation of railroad collective bargaining or of other aspects of the railroad industry.

"China has known for years that North Korea security officials use torture as a matter of longstanding state policy and practice, and imprison people who leave the country without permission," said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch.

A modification of the longstanding State Water Project, the WaterFix will be financed through higher water bills for Southern California ratepayers — an estimated $5 more per household per month, according to a Metropolitan Water District estimate — and agencies that supply San Joaquin Valley growers.

Respectful of the longstanding state tradition that there is no situation so bad that it can't be made worse, Paterson's office followed up by sliming Kennedy.

A longstanding opinion of the state attorney general's office says O.T.B. boards have no legal authority to grant such multiyear contracts.

On the one hand, the campaign appears to build upon a longstanding history of the state attempting to control and manage indigenous women's reproduction.

Greece also has a longstanding tradition of hiring more state workers in order to stave off social unrest, a practice that has bloated the public sector — one in four Greek workers is employed by the state — and increased public debt, which is estimated to reach 108percentt of gross domestic product.

"Tony Podesta is a longstanding friend of mine," Abramović stated.