Assertion: militia | /r/HasProperty | an almost state institution
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: hitherto
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Under the National Defense Act of 1916, the militia, which had been an almost purely state institution, was brought under the control of the National Government.
text: Often heard are arguments about whether militias are state or national, but the militia, like citizenship, is fundamentally local.
text: A third militia is a state defense force.
text: Under the National Defense Act of 1916,1674 the militia, which hitherto had been an almost purely state institution, was brought under the control of the National Government.