Sentence examples for given statehood from inspiring English sources

He feels that the Territory has wonderful chances of development & should be given statehood.

And if the three self-governing regions were to be given statehood, it should be done only with the consent of their neighbors.

Warner, who is up for reelection next year, was a longtime holdout whose turnaround Wednesday has given statehood activists a boost.

One way to show this would be to support and pass legislation giving statehood to the District of Columbia.

On Thursday, Agim Ceku, the Kosovo prime minister, said his government might unilaterally declare independence if negotiations fail to give them statehood.

Legislation to give D.C. statehood has faced GOP resistance because the strongly Democratic district would probably elect two Democratic senators and a Democratic member of the House.

Growing national security concerns might also help Puerto Rico's case for statehood, given its strategic location in the eastern Caribbean.

But Mr. Clinton came mighty close, and his aides acknowledged that he had given the notion of statehood a shove.

When the United Nations gave Israel its statehood in 1947, Israel became a reality, and was accepted by the world.

When an agreement giving Ireland Free Statehood is signed, a part of the band ceases to fight, and its erstwhile leader becomes a Free State army officer.

An alternative argument is that a healthy economy is a precondition of statehood, giving the territory confidence that it can go it alone if it wants.In this section Who really runs Pakistan?