Sentence examples for ineffective state from inspiring English sources

Our violation rate for merchants selling tobacco to minors has increased because of ineffective state laws.

BUFFALO — Carl P. Paladino often speaks of clobbering the ineffective state government in Albany with a baseball bat.

In one column last week, Mr. Novak criticized Mr. Bush for giving "the most ineffective State of the Union address in recent years".

Shaped as I am by my experience of a venal and ineffective state, I'm willing at least to listen — if not necessarily concede the point — to them.

It is not yet clear whether the president has anything to offer except political confrontation, a constitutional circus and a stronger grip over the economy by an ineffective state.

This week, Rio de Janeiro's carnival took place under the eye of the army: on its eve, the city's leading drug gang bombed buses and buildings, its second such show of strength against an ineffective state government in five months.

Mr. Foster's petition makes a strong case that, but for his ineffective state-appointed trial lawyer, he would not have been sentenced to death and that the evidence against him leaves conspicuous room for doubt about his guilt.

The conscious leader is aware of these ineffective states of mind mentioned above and actively works toward expanding and shifting consciousness.

The new teacher evaluation system, tied to test scores, could make it easier for principals to single out teachers deemed ineffective, although state laws still make firing such teachers so arduous that only a few are forced out each year.

The previous mayor and several town officials had already resigned after threats from drug traffickers and complaints that the police were ineffective; the state and federal authorities took over enforcement because the 60-member police force was believed to be enmeshed in crime.

Whenever these tools proved ineffective, the state government stepped in to support the mine owners.