Sentence examples for construed if it is from inspiring English sources

The moral of the story is, however, that Indian leaders need to understand that as the big power in the region -- and as an emerging great power -- they need to be more careful about what they say and how it might be construed if it is ever released in the public.

Indeed, we can see no other way to construe it if it is to apply, as it does, not merely to § 3, but to the entire Act, including § 2 which grants the right of way.

But of course it is one thing to say this and another altogether to argue that the universe at large should be construed as if it were mind writ large.

Quoting these passages, David Chalmers (1996, p. 360) objects that if 'something is going on' is construed broadly enough it is inadequate, and if it is construed narrowly enough to cover only experiential states (or processes) it is not sufficient for the conclusion.

At least, we cannot understand it, if it is construed as a descriptive predicate whose function it is to denote a property (whether real or non-existent).

It defines "right" and "ought" in consequentialist terms and as we have seen (and as Russell himself had argued many years before) such a definition is clearly false, at least if it is construed as a report of current usage.

The objection tells against the Deduction only if it is construed as entitling us to claim universal agreement for particular judgments of taste; but, as Allison reads it, the Deduction is intended only to establish that such claims can, in general, be legitimate (Allison 2001, ch. 8; see especially 177 179).

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that an ad should be construed as an endorsement only if it "is susceptible of no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a specific candidate".

If it were construed according to its spirit to reward those who disclose frauds otherwise concealed or who prosecute frauds otherwise unpunished, it would serve a useful purpose in the enforcement of the law and protection of the Treasury.

He meant the observation as a compliment, no doubt, and would be offended if it were construed as racist, but the then England captain inadvertently painted the outsize Maori winger as something of a genetic peculiarity.

By the RIAA's standard, a hyperlink to copyrighted material, even if it's on another Website, construes distribution.