Sentence examples for largely expired from inspiring English sources

But the large American company had lost interest and the patents had largely expired.

(The $2.2 billion California Solar Initiative, which gave cash to homes or firms that went solar, has largely expired).

The clean-energy spending in Mr. Obama's 2009 stimulus package has largely expired, while several older programs are scheduled to lapse as early as Dec. 31.

The federal government provided various grants to the states in the stimulus package it passed in 2009, offsetting some of the states' expenses, but these programs have since largely expired, and many states and municipalities have had to cut their budgets or raise taxes since then.

That premium would diminish to $22.31 a square foot in the fifth year as the incentives would largely expire.

AB 669 got sidelined in committee and expired "due largely to the opposition of organized labor," according to a CRA news release that adds Daly remains committed to the policy of keeping tipped workers to a $9 hourly wage in 2016.

Although revenue is likely to tick up slightly in 2011, federal stimulus money — which has been keeping many states afloat — is largely scheduled to expire.

What remains really difficult, and what most likely will not be resolved at Cancún, is the fate of the 13-year-old Kyoto Protocol, the global warming agreement largely set to expire at the end of 2012.

The settlement, covering 430 Guild members, also calls for $7.6 million in cash payments over the three years, largely to cover lost pay since the contract expired in February 2009.

Some advocates have also argued for banning assault rifles, though some of them also acknowledge that the federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, was inadequate and largely ineffective.

But the strengthened report was not enough to lift stocks Tuesday, especially since housing data from April was largely skewed from a federal tax credit for homebuyers that expired at the end of the month.