Sentence examples for * assertion in from inspiring English sources

Lying is "insincere assertion" in the sense that "the asserter's requisite belief is missing" (Simpson 1992, 625).

• An assertion in the back gathered attention.

The record thus does not contain any substantiation of the bald assertion in appellees' brief.

Mr. Tsiskaridze made that assertion in an interview published on Wednesday by the BBC's Russian service.

The Supreme Court relied on the assertion in deciding the case.

The Scottish mathematician James Stirling proved this assertion in 1717, possibly with Newton's aid.

A lawyer for the resort, Manuel Pietrantoni, echoed that assertion in an interview Friday.

Mr. Berezovsky made the assertion in a letter to President Vladimir V. Putin.

He made the same assertion in television commercials during the Republican primaries.

Mr. Peres said that Mr. Arafat made a similar assertion in a telephone conversation Wednesday.

Some readers also query the assertion in recent days that Labour holds no county councils.