Sentence examples for be construed only from inspiring English sources

Rather than disbanding our cold war defence arrangement, Nato, we reinvented it as an alliance that could be construed only as being arrayed against Russia.

Advocacy groups that work to counter the influence of money in politics immediately assailed the White House action, arguing it could be construed only as a blatantly political act, meant to benefit the McCain campaign.

(One of their chaperones was an English teacher with a bent for Indian spirituality and encounter groups; that one of the country's top prep academies countenanced a three-month trip across war-torn Africa can be construed only as a curiosity of the late-'60s).

Much to the chagrin of conservative jurisprudes, who claim that the amendment should be construed only to give effect to the original intent of its framers, it has since then been used to fashion a right to privacy (ultimately precluding state bans at least on early term abortions) and to bar gender discrimination absent some reasonably ascertainable state interest.

Thus, in two-object versions, the observed action can be construed both as persistent and selective, whereas in the one-object version, the action can be construed only as persistent.

This was more than a boast — it could be construed not only as a warning to Germany and Japan, but also as a polite reminder to France that the Franco-Soviet pact is more vital to France than to Russia.

The phrase "series of related images" might be construed to refer only to a set of images displayed in a fixed sequence.

She added: "If the First Amendment is to have any vitality, it ought not be construed to cover only the extreme and hypothetical situation in which a state directly targets a religious practice," she said.

First, at common law, there was no right to contest an election; thus, any right to contest an election must be construed to grant only those rights that are explicitly set forth by the Legislature.

In order to avoid declaring the provision unconstitutional, the court held that it "must be construed to apply only to expenditures for communications that, in express terms advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for federal office".

Petitioners argue that the "appointees on the policymaking level" exception should be construed to apply "only to persons who advise or work closely with the elected official that chose the appointee". Brief for Petitioners 18.