Sentence examples for states set out from inspiring English sources

When legislatures convened this year, lawmakers in more than 30 states set out to send Washington a blunt message: back off.

Rather than abandoning it, most states set out to change their laws to meet the Supreme Court's standard: in 1977 Gary Gilmore was the first American executed since 1967.

— States set out on plan to curb climate-warming transportation emissions: Nine northeastern states and the District of Columbia announced Tuesday they would jointly develop a "cap and reduce" strategy for slashing carbon emissions from transportation fuels, which have become the leading source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

The US and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states set out their aims in the Camp David Summit on 14 May: "A deal that fully addresses … concerns about Iran's nuclear program is in the security interests of GCC member states as well as the United States".

So a team of researchers from 15 states set out to study the process in action.

More specifically, the proposed actions for member states set out under each of the six objectives of the Action Plan defined the framework used to review Mongolia's policies and programs.

The secretary of state set out the UK's position in his speech in Teesside last month.

New secretaries of state set out their stall: Transport secretary Philip Hammond said the new government will "end the war on motorists" (see 6.23pm).

The working party's opinion is not law, but it forms the basis from which national data regulators within each member state set out their laws and practices.

The permanent court of arbitration rejected Moscow's arguments that the assets seizure was driven by tax-collection motives, ruling that the state set out to bankrupt the oil firm in "a devious and calculated expropriation".

He called for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, set out a "road map" to achieving a lasting peace and was critical of some of Sharon's policies.