Sentence examples for portion of a state from inspiring English sources
So the present value of a state's liabilities is lower than it would be if private-sector rules applied, even though the rights of public-sector workers are greater.The GASB proposals do at least suggest that the unfunded portion of a state's liability be discounted at an AA rate.
However, given what is at stake in secession, it is far from clear that the mere fact that a majority of persons residing in a portion of a state desire independence should be a sufficient reason to give them a unilateral right to secede, in the absence of any grievances.
It's true that a small faction of undecided voters truly do not make up their minds until Election Day -- but for such a small portion of a state's electorate to matter, the polls need to already be a toss-up.
Probably not — but, on the other hand, it's also far from clear that the Secretary of Health and Human Services would have actually have tried to recoup the entire federal portion of a recalcitrant state's Medicaid budget.
I'm from a portion of the state that a lot of people don't know about.
Both lawmakers, however, said they were willing to consider the governor's proposal to create a large endowment for SUNY and CUNY by selling a portion of the state lottery to a private owner, but needed more details before making any decisions.
There's a small community in the southwest portion of the state, a tiny town near Dodge City, and its arts center is the community center.
As it is undeniable that portions of the human family have existed in a state of savagery, other portions in a state of barbarism, and still other portions in a state of civilization, it seems equally so that these three distinct conditions are connected with each other in a natural as well as necessary sequence of progress (Ancient Society, 1877).
Suppose that a group within a legitimate, reasonably just state, is a majority in a portion of the state's territory and prefers to have its own state.
In the late 1990s, for example, Mr. Bruno helped write legislation that used a portion of the state's settlement from a national tobacco lawsuit to offer more health care to the uninsured.
Not all the citizens were pleased with privatization of a portion of the state's 2,200 acres of park land.
