Sentence examples for based their case on from inspiring English sources

Beyond that, the media based their case on the assertions of family members that their loved one was "a take-charge guy" (Jeremy Glick), "a go-to guy" who "didn't take no for an answer" (Todd Beamer), and a man who would "never go down without a fight" (Thomas Burnett) - remarks treated by the network correspondents like hard news leads.

Both sides based their case on article 10 of the human rights convention, the right to freedom of expression.

"The Mukuru people have based their case on corruption and they have documents to show ownership changed hands over the years," Namwaya says.

The prosecutors based their case on the theory that Mr. Mowbray could not have shot himself because he was found in his normal sleeping position covered with a blanket and there was no blood on his right hand or arm.

The Kirbys based their case on a provision of copyright law that, under certain conditions, allows authors or their heirs to regain ownership of a product after a given number of years.

Prosecutors based their case on testimony from the victim's family and friends, who placed Mr. Crawford at the crime scene that night; statements Mr. Crawford himself made; and visual comparisons of a pubic hair found on the body to that of Mr. Crawford, as well as fibers and other hairs that they said linked him to the crime.

Defenders of Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, base their case on what they call the "objective biological fact" that procreation is an exclusively heterosexual process.

Nonexpert opponents of A.G.W. usually base their case on various criticisms that a small minority of climate scientists have raised against the consensus view.

A student at the Royal Court of Justices told me the university management are basing their case on a health and safety provision in their lease of the Brunei Gallery Suite which states that people should sleep overnight in the building.

In a paper published this year, the authors base their case on frescoes found on the Aegean island of Thera, depicting a goddess presumably overseeing the milling of spice or perfume.

Furthermore, oil-import-tax advocates base their case on dubious assumptions that, with recently falling oil prices, the influence of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has vanished and that world prices will continue to decline.