Sentence examples for being cited to from inspiring English sources

His defiance of the town council of Görlitz brought him further difficulty, and he was banished, being cited to the elector's court in Dresden, where, to all appearances, he found vindication because he returned to his home.

AS the United States Congress debates intervention in Syria, the precedent of NATO's 1999 bombing campaign in Kosovo is being cited to justify using military force against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

In countries where authoritarian leadership reasserted itself after the Arab Spring, developments in Iraq are already being cited to justify the use of a heavy hand against Islamist groups.

In order to be a legitimate basis for public policy, does the assertion of a belief need to be paired with an empirical argument about the impact of the proposed policy that the belief is being cited to justify?

What specific evidence is cited to support that claim?

What will Guantánamo be cited to justify, two centuries from now?

It is no coincidence that Chairman Bill Thomas's name was cited to make this improbable transition".

The verse, from the Old Testament, has often been cited to condemn homosexual behavior.

Two factors are cited to explain the departure of Korean-owned stores.

"I support some creativity in figuring out what can be cited to give us useful context.

It could factor into recruiting, for programs with higher and lower standards that would be cited to recruits.