Sentence examples for chief argument for from inspiring English sources

The possible threat from such weapons was the administration's chief argument for war against Iraq, but no evidence of them has been found.

Domestic fears of Communism have faded, too, removing the armed forces' chief argument for one of the largest per capita military budgets in Latin America.

Defenders maintain that the Philharmonic cannot abandon its storied traditions in the name of Americanized notions of political correctness, but the chief argument for diversity is, in fact, aesthetic.

The danger for Mr. Romney is that Republicans have given their imprimatur to criticisms that undercut his chief argument for his election — his business experience — and by extension another, that he is the most electable against Mr. Obama.

He might have also asserted that the presence of premeditation — the prosecutor's chief argument for taking it to adult court — was a particularly poor standard in the context of juvenile parricide; given the physical and psychological power imbalance inherent in child-parent relationships, a not uncommon feature to such murders is premeditation.

Making managers think like owners is the chief argument for lush options grants.

The tightening contest comes as Texas feels the effects of the national economic crisis, weakening one of Mr. Perry's chief arguments for re-election: that his fiscally conservative policies have buffered the state from the worst of the recession.

This is undermining one of the chief arguments for European unity: a reasonable expectation of ever-growing prosperity.In the 30 years from 1945 to 1975, west European countries that had been devastated by war rebounded with astonishing speed.

So what are the chief arguments for and against choosing the 59-year-old former Luxembourg Prime Minister?

The main argument for foundationalism is called the regress argument.

The chief argument against Sanders for his entire campaign is that he's unelectable in a national election and, by extension, ineffective as a candidate or a statesman.