Sentence examples for affirmed the position from inspiring English sources

The ruling affirmed the position of the Buildings Department, which enforces the billboard rules.

She said Judge France affirmed the position of state officials that the city did not get the state or the mayor to sign off on the bankruptcy filing.

With the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the position of civil rights activists in challenging the 1896 dicta promulgated in Plessy v. Ferguson as "inherently unequal" and thus a violation of the 14th Amendment that barred such state supported segregation.

Having affirmed the position taken in Anisminic, Lord Dyson then qualified his statement by emphasizing that "the scope of judicial review should be no more (as well as no less) than is proportionate and necessary for the maintaining of the rule of law".

That committee has since passed a resolution affirming the position that students enrolled in degree programs are students and should be treated as students, not employees.

Grindon Hall Christian school in Sunderland, a private school due to reopen in September with state funding, says on its website that it will present creationism as science and affirm the position that Christians believe God's creation of the world is "not just a theory but a fact".

The study re-affirms the position that a global depletion of natural resources leads to a global competition for resources and therefore the future competitiveness and vulnerability of cities are dictated by cities' ability to shift to a less resource-intensive production and way of life, with less waste generation and increased recycling (EU 2011).

Alex Branczik, Sotheby's head of contemporary art said that the evening "affirmed the pivotal position of London within the international art market".

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge appeals panel affirmed the state's position that the benefits — at least regarding state tax returns — did not start until Feb. 19, when gay couples were allowed to join in civil unions.

In a unanimous decision yesterday, a three-judge appeals panel affirmed the state's position that same-sex couples did not have the right to file state tax returns jointly in 2006, since the state did not begin offering the couples full benefits until early this year.

On 29 June 2012, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell affirmed the BGN's position in his response, published on the White House website, to a We the People petition concerning the usage of "Sea of Japan", in which he stated, "It is longstanding United States policy to refer to each sea or ocean by a single name.