Sentence examples for debated hard from inspiring English sources

The government debated hard about whether to reverse course.This time will be different, economists who support the rise argue.

Referring to the enactment of the law in 1990, he said, "Congress would have thought long and debated hard before saying that the employer could not at the end of the day choose the employee who is best qualified or most senior".

"I came here to the Senate to debate hard stuff," she said.

The United States has long debated how hard it can push Pakistan to attack militant strongholds in the tribal area.

The bill being debated seemed hard to object to.

Roth, who teaches at Ohio State, wants to bring into this debate hard facts and rigorous methods.

Not long ago, Americans looked to the Senate to be, in Walter Mondale's words, the "national mediator," reconciling regional and ideological differences through thoughtful legislating, serious debate, hard bargaining and principled compromise.

It was more an assertion than an argument — it's mainly an account of my moviegoing experiences — but that useful debate, hard on the heels of a recent visit to the Maryland Film Festival (a crucial showcase for American independent films), crystallizes some of the big ideas at stake in the hundred-and-forty-character back-and-forth.

At least half of the country's 152 oil refineries are believed to be violating air-pollution laws, federal officials say, but with the refineries stretched near capacity, the Bush administration is debating how hard to crack down.

Solutions were – at least by the halfway point of the weekend's debate – harder to define.

Every change or threat of change of this kind makes credible public debate harder, and stiffens the task of holding governments to account.