Sentence examples for asked in light of from inspiring English sources

The following data point may be the closest to explaining the trend: when the survey team asked, "In light of the current economic situation, are you more or less likely to support new commercial development projects in your community?" nearly three-quarters of the men said they were more likely to be well disposed to development; less than two-thirds of women did.

"The safety measures that oil companies have to comply with in the U.K. are already stricter than in the U.S., but serious questions still need to be asked in light of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill," Tim Yeo, chairman of the energy and climate committee, said before the hearing.

On "Meet the Press" Mr. Giuliani was asked, in light of the National Intelligence Estimate that found that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program in 2003, about the views of one of his foreign policy advisers, Norman Podhoretz, who has been a vocal proponent of bombing Iran as soon as possible.

That same question can be asked in light of the new Arizona immigration law...who wins, who loses?

Westwood was asked, in light of Scotland's Andy Murray winning at Wimbledon to break a 77-year drought for the British men, if he felt there might be some karma.

The latter topics, however, were asked in light of the general process evaluation.

It's up to Citi to make best use of them — Michael de la Merced (@m_delamerced) 16 Oct 12 UBS asks, in light of Santander Mexico IPO, would Citi consider "unlocking value" of assets?

But the question is, are they willing to pay the price he's asking in light of what they want to do in the future?" So far, administration officials say they are willing to pay that price because they are also committed to modernization.

That is their reality, so us asking them to do their tie up, yes, we are crazy, that is a stupid thing to ask in light of that, but it also teaches them that their background shouldn't affect their future".

It is worth asking, in light of these further commitments that one would have to make, how strong the reasons are to ascribe perfect goodness, understood as perfect moral goodness, to the absolutely perfect being in the first place.

This is a question I'm sure millions will ask in light of the news that a Tetris movie now has enough funding for "a trilogy".