Sentence examples for argued amounts from inspiring English sources
In Quantico, Manning has been held in solitary confinement under a "prevention of injury order" which, his lawyer has argued, amounts to an unjustified form of coercion ahead of his court martial.
And as I argue, it's a pretty direct rebuke from Trump's own Justice Department of his heavy-handed approach to this whole thing, something opponents have argued amounts to obstruction of justice.
The fishing industry won on some points, including subsidies for vessel owners to replace their engines with more modern models — something opponents argued amounts to a de facto increase in fishing capacity, since the new engines are often more efficient and thus can keep vessels at sea longer.
And yet he's being subjected to treatment that, it can plausibly be argued, amounts to torture, before he's even been convicted, while better politically-connected individuals go scot free for the same or greater crimes of the exact same type.
That, Just Fair argued, amounted to a breach of the UN covenant's prohibition against arbitrary eviction.
That, Mr. Nel argued, amounted to premeditated murder, a charge that could send Mr. Pistorius to prison for life.
The possible charges, he argued, amounted to "a persecution" of people and their ideas rather than specific crimes.
And that is even more the case with Friday's executive orders, which Democrats have argued amount to a thinly veiled ban on Muslim immigrants and refugees.
Doing so, Weirick argued, amounted to unlawful command influence, in which a senior officer seeks to pressure a junior commander for a certain outcome in a case.
The defendants were charged with "illegal activities", including political training and polling, which the prosecution argued amounted to "an infringement on the sovereignty of the state of Egypt".
Tsipras's rash decision to resign and call elections – the third poll to be held in Greece this year – the MP argued, amounted to a concerted effort by the leader to purge the party of dissent.
