Sentence examples for claims to accept from inspiring English sources

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While he now claims to accept the science behind man-made climate change, his government is considered one of the most environmentally hostile in living memory.

(It's interesting that Nick Stern at once claims to accept this critique and promotes the "innovation will propel the economy forward" meme. Nothing in economics says that innovation for its own sake is an economic boon).

Given Tony Abbott has surrounded himself with advisers who deny the science of climate change (which he once described as "absolute crap" but now publicly claims to accept) I'm willing to believe the prime minister when he says he "can think of few things more damaging" than leaving coal in the ground.

And though there are strong grounds to question his sincerity, Israel's new prime minister, Ariel Sharon, claims to accept George Bush's peace "vision", set out in June, of an Israeli withdrawal and a free Palestine based on the borders of 1967.It is commonly asserted that Israel's occupation is "illegal".

Ever since his controversial (and error-ridden) 2001 book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, Lomborg has minimized the threat posed by global warming, arguing that -- while he claims to accept the science documenting that the planet is warming -- it is far from a top priority for humanity to confront.

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They claimed to accept the need for change, but were determined to act within the boundaries of Egypt's constitution.

He claimed to accept money from investors as a form of altruism, and they rewarded him with fanatic loyalty.

On the other, he claimed to accept the need for Israel to make painful territorial concessions and permit the emergence of an independent Palestine.

Although they claim to accept the objective of raising safety buffers, banks argue that any big changes will impede economic growth.

In 1976, the court ruled that sex discrimination deserved only slightly less constitutional scrutiny than racial discrimination — a principle that even the E.R.A.'s opponents claimed to accept.

How can vigorous attempts to colonise the occupied territories be reconciled with Israel's claim to accept 242 and the principle of land for peace that underlies it?They can't.

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