Sentence examples for basis for assertion from inspiring English sources

Our precedents establish a firm basis for assertion of the privilege.

I propose that there be two main types of objectionable conduct: the enforcement of low quality patents, and the enforcement of patents without a reasonable basis for assertion.

Mr. Libi's earlier claims had been the primary basis for assertions by President Bush and his top advisers that Iraq had provided training in "poisons and gases" to Qaeda members.

Two of the techniques, "pulling" and "pushing," are technically forms of argument ad hominem, in that the immediate basis for an assertion is the opponent's commitment to a similar assertion concerning what we take to be a similar case.

That was how the 2005 report described the basis for its assertion that Iran was determined to develop nuclear weapons, a conclusion that has been disavowed.

But in the case of great white sharks, says Bond University's Daryl McPhee, the basis for the assertion is flimsy.

The HNC claims as many as 50 prisoners are being executed per week, although the basis for this assertion is unclear.

But the Corzine campaign provided no basis for its assertion that Mr. Franks's vote was motivated by a "debt" to the insurance industry.

Ms. Rice said the administration did not learn until March that the documents that were the primary basis for the assertion about Niger had been forged.

And this is the basis for the assertion that indexed investing provides a way for you to beat the average investor in a selected market.

A spokesman for Citigroup said "there is no basis for any assertion that Citi has violated the terms" of any settlement.