Sentence examples for a vast state from inspiring English sources

Tamil Nadu, a vast state with an immensely rich religious cultural heritage, is a key source.

General Moghaddam was thought to be personally close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, who presided over a vast state funeral for the victims on Monday.

If this model is imposed, a vast state will appear in which liberalism, democracy and personal freedoms are officially cursed and suppressed.

The president has had dozens of broadcast outlets closed, neutered others by administrative intimidation, and created a vast state media network offering undiluted propaganda.

Special programs pluck promising athletes from mainstream education, channeling them into a vast state sports system inspired by the Soviet Union.

But in Alaska, a vast state covering 663,267 square miles, much of the terrain is completely cut off from roads.

It closed down dozens of radio and television stations, neutered others by intimidation, and created a vast state-media network which offers saturation coverage of the president's campaign.

ON NOVEMBER 14th Brazilian police raided the offices of Petrobras, a vast state-controlled oil firm at the centre of a corruption scandal.

The IAAF is to decide on Friday whether to suspend Russia from competition following a World Anti-Doping Agency report that alleged a vast state-sponsored doping programme.

A vast state-sponsored show, which not incidentally is a big tourist attraction, the new Documenta flips the original concept for the exhibition almost upside down.

The announcement came amid a vast state-orchestrated display of military power, with army helicopters hovering low over a huge throng of flag-waving, pro-military demonstrators in Tahrir Square and soldiers deploying in armored personnel carriers across the capital.