Sentence examples for assert his claims from inspiring English sources

Every time Henry VIII had tried to assert his claims to French territories, kings of Scotland had taken the opportunity to invade England.

"All efforts by Mr. Jensen to resolve the matter amicably were unavailing," Mr. Arkin said, "and Pillsbury left him no choice but to assert his claims".

In its view, the Convention does not under any circumstances trump a State's ordinary procedural rules requiring a defendant to assert his claims at trial or lose them forever.

Parallel with the Welsh Wars, Hereford was also struggling to assert his claims to lands in the Marches against other Marcher lords.

When Chamorro was replaced by Adolfo Díaz in 1926, Sacasa returned to assert his claim to the presidency.

In June 1340 a large English fleet commanded by Edward III set sail across the Channel to assert his claim to the French throne.

Berry Gordy Jr., Motown's founder, declined requests for an interview, but his lawyers contend that the original registration resulted from a clerical error, and that Mr. Strong passed up numerous opportunities to assert his claim.

Politically, Mr. Obama would have to build trust with Republican leaders who had hoped to make him a one-term president, even as he remained in campaign mode, seeking to assert his claim to a mandate to make the necessary trade-offs on spending and taxes.

The emperor was engaged in a harsh campaign to assert his claim over lands contested by Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

Bout asserted his claims of innocence in a letter to the Thai parliament, distributed to reporters today by his wife.

Unlike most accused rapists, an accused athlete typically asserts his claims through a press conference, putting his accuser on the defensive and touching off pretrial press coverage where the accuser is vilified as an opportunist out to seek fame or money by filing a false rape complaint.