Sentence examples for argued at first from inspiring English sources

Western donors argued at first that the system was too complex for a developing country to handle.

The so-called communal school, which was led by two American scholars F.B. Gummere (1855 1919) and G.L. Kittredge (1860 1941), argued at first that ballads were composed collectively during the excitement of dance and song festivals.

Interrupting and arguing at first, they finally manage to listen to each other.

Christie and Senator Rand Paul argued at the first Republican presidential debate in August after the New Jersey governor said Paul's opposition to surveillance laws in the Senate put the nation's security at risk.

In the face of stiff opposition among Coalition members, Bishop had argued at the first party-room meeting that nominating the former Labor prime minister would not amount to an endorsement.

The fund consistently argued, privately at first and then publicly, that the Europeans were pushing austerity too hard.

The decision on the conflict of interest was full of complexities and paradoxes because it was the prosecutors, after all, who had first argued at the trial that Mr. Schwarz needed a new lawyer because his, Stephen C. Worth, had an unwaivable conflict of interest.

They are getting half of what they got before, although the BBC argue at a third of the cost.

The US argued at the meeting that leap seconds were causing problems for communication and navigation systems.

Catling and co-workers argue that at first the continental crust absorbed the extra oxygen.

Hamilton, an aristocrat, businessman and the nation's first Treasury secretary, argued at that convention that, absent corruption, officeholders should be allowed to serve as long as they chose — for life, even.