Sentence examples for combative statement from inspiring English sources

The BCCI did, however, issue a combative statement that insisted on the complete exoneration of Harbhajan.

The governing body has also called the claims "sensationalist and confusing" in a lengthy and combative statement.

But at the same time, the BBC issued a combative statement, pointing out that the dumping of Trafigura's hazardous waste had led to the British-based oil trader being forced to pay out £30m in compensation to victims.

In a combative statement, Russia's foreign ministry accused Kiev of "deliberately dragging out the delivery of the humanitarian aid" so it could complete a "military cleansing of Luhansk and Donetsk" by Independence Day celebrations on Sunday and before Poroshenko and Putin meet.

By midday Wednesday, they released a combative statement vowing to defend those strides.

After days of combative statements from both sides, President Asif Ali Zardari and the army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, sat face to face in the presidency building overlooking Islamabad.

A1 Talks With South Korea Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly began consultations with officials in Seoul, South Korea, as the North maintained its combative statements.

Whether Ms. Zavala has had a role in persuading Mr. Calderón to pay more attention to the social causes of Mexico's violence is unclear, but she has been at his side as he has begun to change some of the combative statements that characterized the first years of the battle he waged against drug cartels.

Mr. Xi urged both sides to "look at the larger picture" and "push relations forward," the Foreign Ministry said, language markedly more restrained than the combative statements from military officials and state-run news media since the dispute over the islands erupted last year.

Mr. Geithner has been cautious about not seeming to push China hard in public, and he was conspicuously silent about the renminbi during March, when the Chinese Commerce Ministry issued combative statements warning that American pressure on the currency issue could lead to a trade war.

David Miliband has just delivered a fairly combative opening statement, praising the GMB for the way it organised a membership drive and stressing his credentials as a "credible leader".