Sentence examples for closed debate from inspiring English sources

It is no surprise that those policing this closed debate should be politicians and the defenders of a disastrous series of invasions in the Middle East – for who would want to claim that the very policies they deployed or supported are the ones that even partly account for blowback terror?

Powerful MPs in Iran have called for a closed debate on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's apparent boycott of his official duties.

He also noted that the "open" versus "closed" debate around data is often not based around economic variables, but rather this idea of not ambushing users.

But if the books are now finally closed, debate will continue for some time over the settlement that Elliot Richardson accepted.

The larger public simply doesn't care about this whole open versus closed debate.

Linda Stein, a real-estate agent to the stars, sees the open-closed debate in sociological, almost taxonomic, terms.

On The Business Pages this week, Tim Wu has a story about the open-versus-closed debate in the technology industry.

By Nick Traverse February 18 , 2013On The Business Pages this week, Tim Wu has a story about the open-versus-closed debate in the technology industry.

This is fine when we're exploring, learning and having a discussion, but not when something's closed for debate.

One described the regulation as "a lawyers' charter," because it creates so much uncertainty, according to an official who witnessed the closed-door debate.

Senators from both parties are beginning to do just that as they begin closed-door debate on the details of a plan first suggested by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader.