Sentence examples for paltry state from inspiring English sources

Many people resent us being in thrall to Brussels – a single paltry state among its 38 instead of a proud empire upon which the sun never sets.

Co-operative customer #3 is making do with a paltry state pension, subsidising the cost of groceries with a fortnightly package from the local food bank and unable to afford energy bills.

For most HBCUs, it is more than reasonable to look at paltry state and federal funding, poor alumni giving and incompetent leadership as the roots of inadequate customer service.

This is a land of low taxes, weak trade unions, a shrivelled public sector and a paltry welfare state, all of which ensure that plenty co-exists with poverty.

No matter that the work is menial and the pay paltry (the state allows them to keep only a fifth of the average $6.80 an hour that they make, with the rest going to taxes, victim restitution and other expenses); the program has a waiting list of 200, and employees are even eager to work holidays.

Only one in three likely voters correctly named the personal income tax as the main source of money, with many choosing motoring charges (a paltry 2% of state revenues).

Yes, there are some real issues at play here, not least the awful imbalance between often paltry facilities at state schools and the money lavished on grounds and equipment in the independent sector (access to which for the great unwashed is something successive governments have done nothing about).

Prior to Countrywide's paltry settlement with eleven states, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan stated: "Countrywide broke the law, homeowners did not".

In 2010 almost 600 Texans died while waiting for organ transplants, a byproduct of the state's paltry offerings on its state-run organ-donation registry.

The $14.3 billion spending package passed by the appropriations committee last month was a paltry $1.8 million under the state spending cap.

Mr. Gore also racked up a 2-to-1 victory in New York, made even sweeter by the fact that he quit the Democratic Presidential race in 1988 after winning a paltry 10percentt in the state's primary.