Sentence examples for as assertions of from inspiring English sources

But Giuliani's attacks on the President are not principally meant as assertions of fact.

He rejected Justice Department arguments as assertions of executive power to detain people indefinitely without court review.

Classical motifs were being read as assertions of French cultural superiority, and decorative painting as a genre became associated with a reactionary nationalism.

Symposia were eating and dining occasions with a strong ritual element; their existence is reflected in the marked emphasis, in the Homeric poems, on ostentatious feasting and formal banqueting as assertions of status (what have been called "feasts of merit").

An anonymous blogger who abused an American model claimed that blogs were a "modern day forum for conveying personal opinions, including invective and ranting" and should not be taken as assertions of fact.

These types of maps have appeared in literature as assertions of land ownership, patriotism and colonialism: Lear's "division of the kingdom" is executed on a map, and Heart of Darkness's Marlow entertains a "passion for maps", particularly a "large shining map [of Africa], marked with all the colours of a rainbow".

But unease is not the same as assertion of blatant illegality, especially when those with the most negative views were sidelined, as apparently happened to the most sceptical Andersen partner, Carl Bass.

Dances, choreographed by Faye Driscoll, become cathartic exercises in frustration, as well as defiant assertions of strength by a woman who has watched both of her parents lose their mobility.

You to whom I have devoted all my energy, all my intelligence, how could they accuse me of so frightful a crime?" The embrace of France is as unwavering as the assertions of innocence.

They come across as anguished assertions of will.

The court papers describe the allegations as "credible assertions of potentially serious criminal conduct, made to the commission by confidential informants," which involve actions by "board employees at the local school level".