Example sentences of "[art] state of [noun sg] the " in BNC.

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1 The Russian Supreme Soviet overturned the declaration of the state of emergency the following day , ordering instead a weapons blockade ( although the republic was already well-armed ) .
2 They are that in the State of execution the execution of the Letter does not fall within the province of the judiciary ; and that the State addressed considers that its sovereignty or security would be prejudiced thereby .
3 ‘ only to the extent that ( a ) in the state of execution the execution of the letter does not fall within the functions of the judiciary ; or ( b ) the state addressed considers that its sovereignty or security would be prejudiced thereby .
4 In conjunction with a state of emergency the President might also impose temporary direct presidential rule over a union republic .
5 Even without a state of emergency the security forces under existing legislation , notably the Internal Security Act ( 1982 ) , retained broad powers , including those of arrest and unlimited detention without charge .
6 On this rendering of alienation as a state of mind the most usual form of this would be as an attitude scale consisting of a series of statements judged to express alienative feelings , and to which subjects have to respond in terms of their agreement or disagreement .
7 In a state of arousal the tissues around the vagina become engorged with blood and swell .
8 In a state of arousal the corpora cavernosa and corpus spongiosum are engorged with blood , causing the penis to swell and become erect .
9 Further , there is an obligation upon landlords , of premises let for a term of less than seven years , to maintain in a state of repair the basic structure and services of the property :
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