Sentence examples for states to devote from inspiring English sources

This may involve a redesign of the program to increase cash benefits and incentivize states to devote more state resources to TANF assistance, so that families find it worthwhile to spend time meeting the work and other requirements.

In an address to the World Health Organization in May, she urged member states to devote time to preventing gender-based violence.

This Parliament has repeatedly called on the Member States to devote far greater urgency to addressing the auditors' concerns, and in particular, we have called on the Member States to meet the terms of the 2006 interinstitutional agreement.

The new ZEV proposal would oblige automakers doing business in the state to devote 15.4 percent of their fleet to zero-emission vehicles by 2025.

The proposed settlement, which is subject to approval by a judge, would require the state to devote as much as $1 billion to repairs and upgrades to 2,400 deteriorating, low-performing schools.

An agreement in May 2010 between the governor's office and the housing advocates required the state to devote the majority of financing to housing in the second round, put performance measures and benchmarks in the state and local governments' contracts, and update the analysis the state used to identify poor and damaged areas needing aid.

But you know what I'm not selfish enough to do? Bring a child into the world when I am not in a state to devote 100 per cent of myself to raising them properly while keeping a firm-ish grip on my own self-worth and sanity.

There simply isn't time or the funding in the state sector to devote the formal time required to give kids the exposure to sport we would all like.

There was no reason to doubt that Connecticut football was on the right track when ground was broken for Rentschler Field just three years ago and when the state decided to devote $91.2 million to build it.

Since the city and state intend to devote much of the island to public use, and pay for its maintenance, "its fair market value is really $1 or less," he said yesterday.

The participating states have agreed to devote virtually all their RGGI money to energy-use reduction.