Sentence examples for be a direct challenge from inspiring English sources

The move would be a direct challenge to the cherished concept of home rule.

"I'm hoping that it will be a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade," she said.

Asked whether he understood the speech to be a direct challenge to Mr. Arafat's rule, Mr. Abdulrahman was evasive.

These statements tend to come from other members of the church who are uncomfortable with what, at first glance, may appear to be a direct challenge to leaders.

In one of his last, injudicious statements, the general had posed what seemed to be a direct challenge to civilian authority, asserting that the president "does not have the right to interfere in the affairs of the military".

The bombing appears to be a direct challenge to the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as the United States prepares to draw down its troops despite questions about whether Iraq's security forces can control the country.

That's a direct challenge to the government.

It's a direct challenge that has never been mounted to the Saudi monarchy.

The show was a direct challenge to the academic attitude toward art.

It was a direct challenge to the leadership, which he accused of running "issueless campaigns".

But we are not merely an alternative; we are a direct challenge to the contemporary structure of mainstream universities.