Sentence examples for an old state from inspiring English sources

"New York is an old state -- there's a lot of this kind of stuff around," he said.

"I'm probably one of the lucky ones, I bought my house, it's an old state housing home.

By using the Martin act, an old state law, he has been able to threaten criminal indictments and thus force quick settlements.

In Massachusetts, a judge ruled this month that an old state law made it illegal for a sheriff to collect room and board from inmates there.

His name was Bob Parsons and thanks to an old state law stipulating that only male relatives could inherit an estate, shifting what remained of his stepson's corpse to Louisiana looked set to net him the family fortune.

Five people wearing masks were arrested during the march to Times Square for "loitering with masks," said Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, an apparent reference to an old state law prohibiting masked gatherings (the law does not apply to masquerade parties).

At present, about 2,400 islanders use an old state-run boat service, but unreliable timings and slow speeds have led to demand for a revamped public transport system.

Mr Brown now says he will put an extra percentage point on National Insurance Contributions a curious remnant of an old state-run social-insurance system, levied along with income tax on people's pay packets.NICs are barely distinguishable from income tax, except in that they are levied only up to a ceiling of around £30,000.

Several eastern languages still tend toward initial stress, which probably corresponds to an older state.

Not long ago, local leaders said, an older state prison was rumored to be closing, and there was talk that its inmates would come here.

But this isn't an old-state concern issue.