Sentence examples for designate a portion of from inspiring English sources

The group wants the N.C.A.A., along with the university and college presidents, to designate a portion of what they estimate is $775 million in TV revenues to boost scholarship money for football and men's basketball players.

In response, the city decided to designate a portion of the park as a limited public forum where any group, for a temporary period, could pay tribute to the fallen as they saw fit.

So, while it may be a grantor's hope that his or her heirs will designate a portion of their inheritance to a specific institution and support a cause with both their hearts and wallets, the only way to guarantee this support is through a legal structure set up for that purpose.

In 2002, Gov. Mike Leavitt suggested that the Bush administration designate a portion of the Swell as a national monument, but changed his mind after local residents opposed the idea.

A region is distinguished from an area, which is usually a broader concept designating a portion of the surface of the Earth.

(Since 2003, Team Marketing Report has designated a portion of tickets in each arena as premium seats; I assume that 20 percent of ticket sales are priced at premium levels).

The justices, without comment, turned away arguments that the fees were exorbitant and that a former practice of designating a portion of the fees for a federal agency's use amounted to an illegal tax.

Still, designating a portion of the sales tax each year to pay for services that were received back in the 1970's would prevent the state from using the money to pay for new operating expenses, which keep growing.

Some argued that nations designating a portion of forest off-limits to deforestation should accrue carbon credits equivalent to the difference between a projection of business as usual deforestation and the protected forest [7, 8].

Of the estimated $150 million fortune Rivers left behind, she designated a portion of the funds to go to several nonprofit and non-governmental organizations: Guide Dogs for the Blind, God's Love We Deliver, the Jewish Guild for the Blind, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Jewish Home and Hospital Foundation.

The Norden brothers have also published a book, Twice as Strong, about their experience and have designated a portion of the book sales to A Leg Forever, helping Tommy and others purchase the expensive prosthetic legs they need, according to WMUR.