Sentence examples for cornerstone argument from inspiring English sources

A cornerstone argument of the cornucopian position is a denial of English economist Thomas Malthus's assertion that human population growth will always tend to outrun the supply of food and natural resources.

Earlier this week, David Kay, the United States' former chief weapons inspector for Iraq, testified that his team had gathered no evidence that Iraq had produced or amassed any large stockpiles of unconventional weapons just before the American invasion, contradicting a cornerstone argument in the administration's case for war.

But with jury selection nearly complete and opening arguments scheduled for Monday, there is little question that the city's culpability in the 2007 fire will be at issue during the trial, and will form a cornerstone of arguments by the defense lawyers that their clients — Jeffrey Melofchik, Mitchel Alvo, Salvatore DePaola and the John Galt Corporation — should be held blameless.

In the past, leaf mimicry in Kallima butterfly species was a cornerstone in arguments for saltatory evolution, in which context Goldschmidt argued that this mimicry must have originated suddenly as a 'hopeful monster', without any intermediate forms [ 19].

A cornerstone of this argument is that management has no right to withhold dividends.

It was, however, just that belief that Rousseau made the cornerstone of his argument.

It is the cornerstone of his argument that our obsession with food is a dangerous waste of our energies.

He added: "The cornerstone of the argument is that it is not the free-for-all it was when there was more land.

The NRA, for its part, cites the risk of governmental overreach as a cornerstone of its argument for subjecting any contested gun purchase to the scrutiny of a judge.

He also made a cornerstone of his argument the claim that Obama "funneled" $716 billion out of Medicare to pay for Obamacare.

He cites the verse John 8 1-11 8 1-11which Jesus says, "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her" -- as the cornerstone for hin argument that Jesus which actually stone gays.