Sentence examples for be construed broadly from inspiring English sources

Any such license must be construed broadly.

The court held that the "method" in the constitution should be construed broadly, allowing for more than one way of indicating choice within a single uniform electoral system.

It would explicitly relax some stringent standards set by the court and says that disability is to be "construed broadly," to cover more physical and mental impairments.

Marshall resurrected the same arguments that Alexander Hamilton had used to persuade George Washington to charter the bank over Jefferson's objections: namely, that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to pass all laws "necessary and proper" for executing its constitutional powers, and that those words should be construed broadly, in a practical spirit.

The term "relating to," the court explained, reflects that Congress intended the causal connection requirement to be construed broadly.

"Methods" should be construed broadly here to encompass not only, say, the experimental method, but also the styles of explanation (e.g., identification of causes that determine, ceteris paribus, their effects) employed in the sciences.

Quoting these passages, David Chalmers (1996, p. 360) objects that if 'something is going on' is construed broadly enough it is inadequate, and if it is construed narrowly enough to cover only experiential states (or processes) it is not sufficient for the conclusion.

We might therefore try to tighten the definition by saying that a miracle is an event that exceeds the productive power of nature (St. Thomas Aquinas, SCG 3.103; ST 1.110, art. 4), where "nature" is construed broadly enough to include ourselves and any other creatures substantially like ourselves.

Another recent poll, though, shows that Obama's decision could be construed as broadly popular.

We are mindful that "[t]he concept of descriptiveness must be construed rather broadly". 3 R. Callman, supra, Sec.

"Possibly there is a danger that the concepts of state secrets, high treason, and spying could be construed too broadly," he said.