Sentence examples for poor constituted from inspiring English sources

For example, in the Minas Gerais town of Formiga in 1876, the poor constituted 70% of the electorate.

As the category 'Poor' constituted only 11 (0.5%) of the answers at T1 and 16 (0.7%) at T2, we combined these with the category 'Not very good' in subsequent analyses.

According to Drèze and Sen, even though the poor constitute a vast majority of Indian voters, they have been shut out of public discourse.

In the current challenge, to a program in the state of Washington, the court is being asked to decide whether using this money for legal services for the poor constitutes a taking.

The basic argument has three premises: (1) the world's poor constitute massive growth opportunities and profit potential for MNCs, (2) MNCs should play a leading role in unlocking the economic potential of such difficult-to-access markets, and (3) bringing the poor into the global economy will simultaneously generate fortunes for MNCs while solving the problem of global poverty.

Job creation and wage growth for the rural and urban poor constitute one of the main avenues through which trade liberalization can benefit developing countries.

In February, Westminster's Community Protection Department wrote to the general manager, saying: 'Some of the bacteriological results for some of the guest room whirlpool baths were very poor and constituted a serious danger to health.

He was a member of the governing board of the society (see the postcard below; he is No. 5), and I have also learned that he was a member of the Kehilla's (Jewish communal organization) board of directors in 1932, who were charged with raising money for food to help the poor who constituted a significant percentage of the community.

Civil-military relations in Pakistan are very poor and constitute, since independence, a dismal history of chronic interventions and failures.

Rosenborg were too poor to constitute a benchmark and they have now been beaten in 15 of their last 16 away fixtures in this tournament.

The truth is that many peasant farmers struggle, many are poor and constitute the majority of the undernourished in the world.