Sentence examples for as not constituting from inspiring English sources

JUSTICE O'CONNOR -- Yeah, but I suppose reasonable people could look at the pledge as not constituting a prayer.

The cases cited by defendants in error, upholding state taxation as not constituting an interference with interstate commerce, are of little value to the inquiry here.

Patting a female on her buttocks, attempting to kiss her on her lips and commenting on her appearance, as alleged, have been held by some courts as not constituting sexual harassment.

For example, what counts as observational evidence in science depends on theory, and theory may give us reasons to reject some observations as not constituting counter-evidence to a scientific law or theory.

Although the first quotation above seems to affirm it, Locke also in the same section speaks disparagingly about the idea, comparing it to the notion that the world rests on an elephant, which rests on a tortoise, and so on: in other words, as not constituting a real explanation at all.

I conclude that the way the Bush Administration was able to label its menu of enhanced interrogation techniques as not constituting torture was by narrowing the definition of torture in an illegitimate way.

For the purposes of this analysis, mutations within 10 bp were considered "complex mutations" and treated as a single event, thus not constituting clusters unto themselves.

The ruling in Casey replaced the viability framework with the determination that any regulation of abortion at any stage of a woman's pregnancy would be constitutional as long as it did not constitute an "undue burden".

In the United States the Supreme Court has, over recent decades, fully protected the expression of viewpoints that are offensive, bigoted and even provocative as long as they do not constitute a genuine threat.

Beyond that, the Legislature can also make its own amendments to the initiative, a protection guaranteed in the state's constitution as long as the amendments do not constitute a repeal of the initiative.

However, the net result is likely an underestimation of actual deforestation rates in the study area and should not be used as a reference as it does not constitute an official source.