Sentence examples for concept under fire from inspiring English sources

Among its other virtues, the book reveals how many of these soft-spoken types engage in one of the oldest of all debating devices: setting up a straw man of the concept under fire so as the more conveniently to bowl it over.

ROSE UNDER FIRE By Elizabeth Wein Hyperion, $17.99.

CONDUCT UNDER FIRE, by John A. Glusman.

The concept has come under fire from green groups who have called it a 'license to trash nature'.

The show's concept has already come under fire from animal right's campaigners and people concerned about the snake's safety.

However it's a controversial concept and this week Egg came under fire from the Halifax, which is strongly objecting to being named as one of the 18 financial companies covered by the service.

Nobody wants to throw all that away, especially at a time when the very concept of international justice is under fire.The ICTY, set up in The Hague in 1993, was the first international court of its kind since the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals after the second world war.

The basic concept in the assessment of occupant safety in a building under fire conditions is the determination of the time when occupants are able to safely escape before hazardous conditions sets in.

At the same time, Facebook has come under fire for implementing ideas that smaller companies came up with first — just think about the whole concept of "likes" which was taken from FriendFeed (which Facebook only later bought).

Coach Erik Spoelstra was under fire.

Democrats also come under fire.