Sentence examples for a basis for resisting from inspiring English sources

The "slippery slope" argument has often been used by pro-gun advocates as a basis for resisting even the mildest of regulations, but Heller provided a Constitutional limit.

For example, if we took the "real" color of objects to be that property (or state) of the object, whatever it is, that produces perceptions of a certain sort in humans under "normal" circumstances and if we could distinguish (as Descartes suggested) normal from abnormal circumstances, then we might have a basis for resisting the Pyrrhonian modes concerning perception.

He also has an extremely narrow view of the constitutional right to privacy, an important basis for resisting government incursions on the rights of individuals.

See id. at 1523-24 ("[attemptemptoto monopolize the market by making it impossible for others to compete runs counter to the statutory purpose of promoting creative expression and cannot constitute a strong equitable basis for resisting the invocation of the fair use doctrine".).

The decision could, for example, provide a basis for cultural and artistic institutions to resist efforts by politicians to censor the material they can display or perform if they receive public funding.

These findings provide a basis for designing suitable biomaterials and biomedical devices, especially those to resist amyloidosis.

The airlines and the screening companies resisted the system, which would have created a basis for punishing them for failures, and it was never put into full use.

"There is a basis for this movement.

By giving more specific voice to the 1967 borders as a basis for a settlement (common sensical and familiar though it is) Obama creates a fresh and meaningful basis to lobby the U.K., France, and other nations to resist recognizing a Palestinian state prematurely, especially if Hamas is a part of it.

Is there a basis for skepticism?

It is not a basis for judgment.