Sentence examples for in effect state from inspiring English sources

Farmers were, in effect, state employees, but the organization of work resembled that of the West.

In effect, state officials are urging the Obama administration to exercise discretion it was granted by Congress.

In effect, state officials said, the new limits shift the financial risk of the program from the federal government to those states.

So, if the couple's claims are correct, would the adoption rules now in effect state that black and Asian children can no longer be adopted by those who share their cultural heritage?

A lawyer for Bangladesh's central bank, a state body, reasons that since Grameen Bank is a "state authority" and Mr Yunus was a "public officer", all companies created with the help of the bank's finances, its people or even its goodwill are in effect state resources.The government is calling for the Grameen empire to be brought together "under a single structure".

There are clear and strict rules about posting adverts on social media, which, in effect state that they have to be labelled as such.

His party leader, Nick Clegg, has accused the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, of "moral cowardice" for allowing the immigration authorities to continue to inflict what is "in effect, state-sponsored cruelty... behind a veil of Government secrecy".

Slavery may be illegal but it is, in effect, state-sanctioned.

These were, in effect, state-owned enterprises and suffered the same problems bloated workforces, inefficient management and a poor understanding of risk.

In effect, states would inherit the power to regulate marijuana in the same way state and local laws now govern the sale of alcohol and tobacco.

But he has now, in effect, stated his terms: if they abandon DRM, they can charge more.