Sentence examples for hold state from inspiring English sources

Uttar Pradesh will hold state elections in 2012, and Mr. Gandhi is pushing to unseat Ms. Mayawati.

Saarland, Saxony, and Thuringia did, however, hold state elections one month before the national election, which gave them national importance.

Political will is needed to hold state corrections authorities accountable for criminal violence carried out in state institutions.

In November 2012, the new Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, pledged to hold state security forces to account for abuses.

"Being able to hold state authorities to account for unlawful loss of liberty is an important constitutional safeguard.

Our public is not permitted to see returning coffins, while coalition partners hold state funerals for their lost ones.

The Tomasso companies hold state-awarded construction contracts worth more than $100 million.

The next two electoral tests come in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, which hold state-assembly elections within three months.

Since 1990 Germans have made more than 200 bids to hold state-level referendums, compared with fewer than 30 in the three previous decades.

Meanwhile, federal reviews will hold states to their programme promises.

"The law includes safeguards to hold states accountable," Mr. Langan said.