Example sentences of "of the state 's [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former Governor Evan Mecham had been impeached and dismissed in 1988 , while both of the state 's representatives in the federal Senate were involved in the case of the Keating Five [ see above ] . |
| 2 | Unlike previous years , however , the significance of the Iowa contests was reduced by the fact that neither of Bush 's two challengers ( Buchanan and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke ) contested the caucus , whilst amongst the Democrats it had long been accepted that the contest would be won by Tom Harkin , one of the state 's representatives in the Senate , and so there had been a minimal amount of campaigning . |
| 3 | The promotion of Peru 's telecommunications firms will begin in earnest next month after the regulatory framework and methodology for fixing rates have been established , Reuter reports from Lima : investment advisers Morgan Grenfell and Coopers & Lybrand will begin pre-qualifying firms interested in acquiring 100% of the state 's shares in Entel Peru SA and 20% of the government 's stake in the Compania Peruana de Telefonos SA ; Peru has just 2.3 lines per 100 inhabitants . |
| 4 | Not supporting Mr Clinton is no liability in Texas : the president received just 37% of the state 's votes in 1992 , and in February he recorded the lowest-ever approval-rating among Texans for an incumbent president . |
| 5 | State medicine 's defeat over the Contagious Diseases Acts effectively heralded the displacement of the medical profession by a new force in sexual politics , with a different conception of the state 's responsibilities in the moral sphere . |