Sentence examples for are a direct attack from inspiring English sources

Smith's subpoenas are a direct attack on the rights of scientists and others to conduct research independent of government interference.

"These cuts are a direct attack on social mobility and a direct attack on the life chances of working class kids," said Lammy.

The Rev. Kyev Tatum Sr., president of the local Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has called for a boycott of the buses, saying the ads are a direct attack during a sacred time in the Christian calendar.

Again, it was a moral stand led by professor Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, the Grand Mufti, who said they "regrettably, must in all good conscience decline the invitation to attend the dinner in protest of the new proposed anti-terrorism laws … the amendments are a direct attack on the … presumption of innocence".

As the student's voice has been subordinated to monetary concerns following the 2010 higher education reforms, and universities act increasingly like multimillion-pound corporations – treating their students as customers from which as great a profit must be extracted – these rent strikes are a direct attack on the financial structure of higher education that puts money first and students last.

"The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means to defend themselves against tyranny," he said, adding that Mr. Obama's gun control policies "are a direct attack on Americans that place all of us in danger".

"This was a direct attack," Mr. Domene said.

"It's a direct attack on us".

The scheme was a direct attack on American democracy.

It was a direct attack on President Obama, they say.

Intuitively, the best defense would seem to be a direct attack on the rampantly dividing cells.