Sentence examples for clever debate from inspiring English sources

These initiatives were the answer to the clever debate taunt, "where's the beef?" But they also resisted media insistence on sound-bite compression.

As Hannah and Chuck keep moving together, from the foyer to the living room to the kitchen to the bedroom, they have a clever debate, one that is not merely about sexual assault but about fame, money, literary ethics, and the benefits and dangers of the Internet.

We can have clever debating points, but democracy equals prosperity.

But I'm too late: Richard Mabey says something really clever and the debate moves on.

My Princeton colleague Larry Bartels sums it up as follows: "Objective economic conditions — not clever television ads, debate performances, or the other ephemera of day-to-day campaigning — are the single most important influence upon an incumbent president's prospects for re-election".

Because a full rewrite and ratification of the EU treaties is impossible before Mr Cameron's deadline, the Conservatives' finest minds are debating clever alternatives.

Steve McBrearty wrote that our cover "is like Romney's performance in the debate itself — clever, creative, punchy, but a total misrepresentation of what actually occurred".

More commonly, voters (and comedy writers) recall vice-presidential debates for clever or amusing flourishes that proved less consequential.

They are unlikely to be shaken loose by any debate performance or clever television ad.

When it comes to substance, and not just a stumble here or a clever line there, can a debate make or break a candidacy?

Back on Earth, our nation's politicians had wisely capitalised on all the excitement with a clever bit of scheduling for their debate on UK Space Policy.