Sentence examples for be apportioned on from inspiring English sources

In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled in Reynolds v. Sims that state legislative seats must be apportioned on the principle of one man, one vote.

The Great Compromise, as it came to be known, created a bicameral legislature with a Senate, in which all states would be equally represented, and a House of Representatives, in which representation would be apportioned on the basis of a state's free population plus three-fifths of its slave population.

And so much of this sense of wellbeing can be apportioned, on so many levels, to the slender figure of Ozil.

Increasingly, profits are apportioned on the basis of sales.

When Lowe's opened in 1960, the infield campgrounds were apportioned on a chaotic first-come-first-served basis.

They are apportioned on the basis of the popular vote and in some cases further weighted according to how many Democrats voted in the previous election in each congressional district.

That would make a big difference: the SNP estimates that by 2016-17, interest payments on Scotland's share of the debt could be anything from £2.7bn-£4bn it it was apportioned on a historical basis; but £4.3bn to £5.5bn on a population basis.

Most commenters on the thread took the opportunity to name their favourite coffee scenes – from The Ipcress File, Black Narcissus, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Harper and more – but Margit7 had a point to make about the way credit is apportioned on films: "Thomson knows well enough that screenwriters create the scene … but how many screenwriters get credit in this article?

Most of the contemporary objections are structural: because the college is apportioned on a state-by-state basis, with most states then choosing their electors through a winner-take-all popular election, the system could lead to what is known as a "minority president" -- as it did four years ago, when George W. Bush lost the popular vote but still won the presidency.

However, rather than simply count up electoral votes nationwide, they are apportioned on a district-by-district basis.

The 105 members of the Senate, whose seats are apportioned on a regional basis, serve until age 75.