Sentence examples for an assertion in from inspiring English sources

Justice Scalia's question appeared to be based on an assertion in a brief Massey filed with the court in January.

Status as a small entity must be specifically established by an assertion in each related, continuing and reissue application in which status is appropriate and desired.

In and around Carbondale, Ill., according to the Jackson County Historical Society, there are two markers making such an assertion in two different cemeteries.

Additional details are sketchy beyond an assertion in the tax return that trucking grossed $3.8 million last year, and the charity would respond only to questions in writing.

But then, in the fall of 1993, a reviewer asked him to justify an assertion, in the midst of his proof, that a certain estimate was correct.

Mr. Ellenby and others wrote to challenge an assertion in last week's column that a few business travelers claim to fly more than a million miles a year.

Zuckerman's remark, though it comes in the form of an assertion, is in actuality further conjecture.

Setting aside the fights between environmentalists and industry, the picture emerging in the science is of an initial assertion in an area with inadequate data (largely because of the industry's proprietary bent) that is — unsurprisingly — being challenged.

But the drugs are not legal, contrary to an assertion made in the column.

It's an assertion, repeated in various forms throughout the report, which is neither explained nor supported.

Mr. Vallone suggested that he was "not your typical councilman," an assertion that, in a brief interview, he made twice for emphasis.