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The phrase "a basis for attacking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing reasons or justifications for criticism or assault, whether literal or metaphorical.
Example: "The report provided a basis for attacking the company's unethical practices during the meeting."
Alternatives: "a foundation for criticism" or "a reason for assault".
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-- that would be a basis for attacking him," he said.
The lack of a top-tier law degree can become a basis for attacking a nominee.
Whereas the earlier account interpreted several of the arguments in the text as employing parallelization to support Mohist views, it is probably more defensible to take them to be rejecting parallelization as a basis for attacking those views.
"While U.S. Supreme Court caselaw has been widely inconsistent in how to approach these claims, state constitutions offer more affirmative and explicit protections for the right to vote than the U.S. Constitution and can serve as a basis for attacking an unfair plan," Franita Tolson, a law professor at the University of Southern California, said in an email.
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"Now we're going even further in order to take away any basis for attacking Planned Parenthood to advance an anti-abortion political agenda".
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards announced last month it would no longer be accepting any reimbursement for tissue to "take away any basis for attacking Planned Parenthood to advance an anti-abortion political agenda".
But following a push by Republican members of Congress to block roughly half a billion dollars of annual federal funding allocated to the group, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards announced last month it would no longer be accepting any reimbursement for tissue to "take away any basis for attacking Planned Parenthood to advance an anti-abortion political agenda".
But following a push by Republican members of Congress to block roughly a half-billion dollars of annual federal funding allocated to the group, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards announced last month it would no longer be accepting any reimbursement for tissue to "take away any basis for attacking Planned Parenthood to advance an anti-abortion political agenda".
As a possible basis for attacking the zombie idea, behaviorism is in a similar situation to verificationism and the private language argument.
"The legal basis for attacking Khorasan in Syria is even more questionable, more in doubt than Isis," said Mary Ellen O'Connell, an international law scholar at the University of Notre Dame.
As long as no one wishes ill to the poor, and as long as the poor are not made to feel inferior, there are no grounds for complaint, and no basis for attacking capitalism (or "neoliberalism," as Michaels sometimes calls it).
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