Sentence examples for brief could be from inspiring English sources

Things like copying — even citing the law in a brief — could be considered an infringing use.

Treadway's opening brief could be read to argue that the Merger Agreement was invalid because it lacked a fiduciary out.

The Friend Collector The life of Terence McShane, so full and so brief, could be measured by his friendships.

Mr. Aftergood said the President's Daily Brief could be declassified by Mr. Bush, by the director of central intelligence, George J. Tenet, or by any official to whom they might delegate the necessary authority.

But Thomas S. Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, a private nonprofit research institute based at George Washington University, said, "The President's Daily Brief could be released publicly simply by blacking out" words that would reveal the sources of intelligence information or the methods used to collect it.

Mr. Dow said that in refocusing their appeal on lethal injection, they suffered a computer breakdown and tried to get the Court of Criminal Appeals to wait 20 minutes after closing time so the brief could be delivered by hand, but that they were turned down.

The briefing could be seen as an expression of Mr. Carter's promise of more candor in politics.

But as of Monday afternoon, no transcript of Friday's briefing could be readily found on the site.

In a formative evaluation of the program (Rockman et al. 2005), teachers reported that they were likely to use Evo in the News in their classrooms but that the utility of the briefs could be improved with study questions and additional support materials.

Some of the excellent new teachers the nation needs, Vasquez noted at a Washington, D.C., briefing, could be postdocs attracted into the classroom partially by a desire to pass on the excitement of science but also by new programs that could provide incentives such as higher pay and opportunities for continued participation in research.

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration gives House Democrats a hard sell on a major controversial trade pact this week, it will be doing so under severe conditions: Any member of Congress who shares information with the public from a Wednesday briefing could be prosecuted for a crime.