Sentence examples for could assert that from inspiring English sources

If the Oregon study prevents even one state from expanding its Medicaid program, Affordable Care Act proponents could assert that, as Professors McCloskey and Ziliak predicted, emphasis on statistical significance has proven to be deadly.

Even if a judge declined to dismiss the case on those grounds, the officials could assert that "qualified immunity" protected them from lawsuits that accuse them of violating someone's constitutional rights while performing official actions that did not violate "clearly established law" at the time.

But the idea that you could sell the electorate on the notion that a responsible politician could assert that plans to cut taxes would "pay for themselves" – and therefore not reduce revenue or increase the budget deficit – had not gained traction.

Whatever else one believes about the Supreme Court's decision striking down limits on corporate speech in the context of political campaigns, there's one thing no credible commentator could assert: That money bought this result.

The government could assert that Dr. Benhamou and Mr. Chu passed the inside information to clients for consulting fees.

"Funes" (1942) Now There once was a time when a poet could assert that "the revolution will not be televised".

Mr. Thatcher's lawyers said the interrogation would violate his right to silence, but the court ruled that he could still assert that right later.

The reason is that it is a plausible condition of sincere assertion that a person who asserts that p believe that p; but one could certainly assert that p without believing that p. Analogously, a speaker who utters 'Hurrah' intuitively expresses enthusiasm, since it is a plausible condition of sincere expression that a person who utters 'Hurrah!' be enthusiastic.

Though Protagoras seems to have had a fairly high tolerance threshold for inconsistency, it is hard to see how one and the same person could assert both that it is impossible to contradict and that on every matter there are two opposed logoi.

It's supposed to be fairly specific; otherwise, you could assert, for example, that every person in New York City could have his or her home searched because a stolen item would likely be hidden inside — and so homes are relevant.

Though a tax deal was approved, one could assert (and some have) that President Obama and the Democrats swerved first, agreeing to compromises that, in historical perspective, reveal significant Republican gains.