Sentence examples for asserted to get from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(1)

The phrase "asserted to get" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a claim or statement about obtaining something, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He asserted to get the promotion, but it was not based on merit."
Alternatives: "claimed to obtain" or "stated to receive".

Exact(1)

This has been ratified several times by Congress, including the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which was passed to avoid pretexts like the one asserted to get the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.

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Amelia can hardly assert her authority to get Samuel to take sedatives: "I am the parent and you are the child, so take the pill!" In another scene, Samuel sleepwalks over to Amelia and tells her to "wake up".

When women -- or men, for that matter -- leave a job because they do not feel valued, they are asserting their right to get what they have earned and to be treated with the dignity that the quality of their work and creativity deserves.

In (a), it is an embedded indicative, ascribing a desire to you which is why the consequent can be detached by asserting "You want to get drunk every evening".

Those who try to assert leadership tend to get disciplined or ignored.

"A lot of changes occur without noise," Mr. Lamoureux said, asserting that he prefers to get his message across to the chairman of a board at a private lunch instead of an annual meeting.

Sometimes it has happened with, and sometimes without, the consent of the governments concerned.In 1999 Tony Blair became the first world leader to assert a moral right to "get actively involved in other people's conflicts"—even without leave from the Security Council if it was the only way to stop dire suffering.

He asserts that the failure to get the proxies out in plenty of time, together with a statement the company made to him that proxies received less than 10 days before the annual meeting are not binding, constituted "a pattern on the part of Evans management to effectively deny public shareholders the right to vote their securities".

"It's confusing that I'm playing a character who's unable to assert herself and unable to get traction with her work and unable to be clear about her creativity, and yet at the same time I'm also writing, directing and acting in the show.

One function, the Redmond, Washington giant asserts, is the ability to get on the Internet and collect information.

This seems straightforward in the case of (b): one can detach "You shouldn't work in a bar" from (b) by asserting "You (do) want to get drunk every evening".

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