Sentence examples for Strong assertion from inspiring English sources

"It's a couple of steps removed from a strong assertion," he said.

It would be difficult to find an equally strong assertion of nationalist legitimacy by a Northern Irish Protestant prelate.

Even more striking in the court's ruling was the strong assertion that the restriction that had been observed for two decades was never required.

"This puts pressure on everyone else," Mr. Holbrooke said, adding that it was "a strong warning, and a strong assertion of renewed determination by NATO".

I loved Liveing's humanity and social sensitivity, his strong assertion that migraine was not some indulgence of the idle rich but could affect those who were poorly nourished and worked long hours in ill-ventilated factories.

The group's senior leadership team also issued "an open letter to the scouting community" that included an apology for past wrongs, but also a strong assertion that decades of efforts to internally document deviant behavior within the Scouts — to purge bad leaders — had worked.

But the report's strong assertions fade under retrospective scrutiny.

Her research shows that in online groups, "men tend to make strong assertions," disagree with others and use profanity, insults and sarcasm.

This is dangerous, because overly strong assertions that Bonds was an innocent lamb in the hands of his trainer could backfire if the jury senses that Bonds was very much his own man.

Only strong assertions of mutual interest were likely to allay the deep distrust engendered by the Iraq war, and these were not forthcoming.Mr Bush did not flinch from pointing out specific areas where the two sides disagree: on lending conditions for poor countries, for example, and on genetically modified food.

There were particularly strong assertions of imperial millennialism about 6000 am (ad 500) with the emergence of the legend of a "Last Emperor," a supernatural messiah figure who, it was believed, would rule the world in peace and unity from once and future messiah to once and future king.