Sentence examples for decision maintained that from inspiring English sources

Massachusetts officials, for their part, in criticizing the court's decision, maintained that the purpose of marriage was procreation, that children were better off in male-female unions, and that gay unions would pose a burden to the state.

Mr. Bowers, who made a defiant departure after the court's decision, maintained that St. Bart's would not survive without the income from the tower and accused his opponents — parishioners and ex-parishioners as well as the city agency that foiled his vision — of being church-killers.

The sisters appealed the decision, maintaining that the state has no right to search private property for documents whose existence can't be proven beforehand.

But Palmer appealed the decision, maintaining that to force his tenants to "use the street and interact with the homeless population" would be an injustice to the morally upstanding bankers and real estate agents who will be moving in to his new development.

"When the financial crisis overwhelmed the industry a year ago, we took a decision that maintaining that premium service was vital to our future," said Alex McGowan, product manager at Cathay.

Egan maintains that causal decision theory mistakenly ignores the evidence that the option provides.

Congressional Democrats expressed disappointment at Mr. Cantor's decision and maintained that revenues must be part of any agreement.

But even after the appellate court's ruling, baseball's decision makers maintained that they intended to forge ahead with contraction.

But the museum and the Landmarks Preservation Commission, which made its decision Tuesday, maintained that the sculpture was an elegant and unobtrusive piece of art, not an addition to the building.

Many uphold common-sense folk psychology by maintaining that practical decisions are momentary intentional actions of intention formation [Frankfurt 1988: 174 6; Kane 1996: 24; McCann 1998: 163; Searle 2001: 94; Clarke 2003: 3 27; Mele 2003: 197 202].

In a landmark decision, the ECHR ruled against deportation, maintaining that protection against the risk of torture is absolute, even for those who may pose a security risk to the UK.