Example sentences for: state-owned

How can you use “state-owned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 4. "The Brazilian government announced that MCI WorldCom would be responsible for $550 million in back taxes owed by a former state-owned telephone company that MCI WorldCom bought last year . Brazil admitted that MCI WorldCom had been assured, in writing, that it would not be responsible for the back taxes but said tax authorities had re-evaluated the situation.

  • That question is especially pertinent here in the United States, because the combination of a booming stock market at home and the privatization of state-owned enterprises abroad has meant a dramatic upsurge in the number of foreign companies whose shares are listed on U.S. exchanges.

  • Next to his farm, on the road into Viñales, is a state-owned tobacco and souvenir shop.

  • The Hindu , another Indian daily, reported India's concern about its future relations with China after the state-owned China Daily called Saturday for an "immediate ceasefire" in Kashmir.

  • The Post fronts an announcement by a Chinese economic planner that private enterprises should be put on an "equal footing with state-owned enterprises" for the first time since the 1949 revolution.


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