Sentence examples for asserted that the only from inspiring English sources

In 1578 a writer asserted that the only way in which threads could be cut in screws was with the file.

And before any French knickers are got in a twist, it was Baudrillard who asserted that the only real place in America was Disneyland, because it admitted to being a simulation, while the rest of the country was insidiously so.

Intriguingly, that put him directly at odds with a colleague and former student, Steve Shafer, who was the government's star expert witness and asserted that the "only scenario" accounting for Jackson's death was that Murray put him on an intravenous propofol drip that was then dismantled before the police arrived.

The pattern of the reasoning is always the same: a phenomenon — be it life, consciousness or the order of nature — is said to be mysterious, and then it is boldly asserted that the only possible explanation for it is "an infinitely intelligent Mind".

"Facebook has asserted that the only individuals whose personal data was used in this way [shared by Kogan with third parties including Cambridge Analytica] were US residents," it writes on this, before adding that even if Facebook's assertion is correct some U.S. residents would also have been U.K. users "from time to time" (e.g. if visiting the U.K). — and thus would fall under its remit.

Bouldering pioneer John Sherman asserted that "The only gear really needed to go bouldering is boulders".

Wittgenstein answers this question, in part, by asserting that the only genuine propositions that we can use to make assertions about reality are contingent ('empirical') propositions, which are true if they agree with reality and false otherwise (4.022, 4.25, 4.062, 2.222).

Rather, it asserts that the only essential element of a violation is retaliatory motive.

Italian Colors asserts that the only issue for effective vindication is whether they are able to vindicate their federal statutory rights in some forum.

The ceremony, attended by scholarly Indian visitors, enabled the poet to assert that the only famous countries were Java and India because both contained many religious experts.

Your July 16 editorial "Disenfranchised Felons" asserts that the only reason not to let felons vote is "to stigmatize them or to continue punishing them".