Sentence examples for devoted to arguments from inspiring English sources

The familiar tale first appeared in 1740, as a book by Gabrielle de Villeneuve -- though many of its ponderous 362 pages are devoted to arguments among the fairies about genealogy.

Much of the hearing, which lasted nearly two and a half hours, was devoted to arguments over which sentencing guidelines, if any, the judge should follow, or whether sentencing should be based on the plea agreement already reached.

The six hours the court will devote to arguments is a testament to the case's importance.

The first posts that revealed details from the files appeared Thursday at The Air Vent, a Web site devoted to skeptics' arguments.

A late-night dinner lasting more than five hours that was devoted to renewed arguments over the response to Europe's migration crisis also meant that a plan for an "English breakfast" on Friday for all 28 leaders to try and hammer out a final deal was now set to turn into "brunch".

Much time is devoted to their arguments about guilt, innocence and higher powers, themes echoed in the monologues of Angel's lawyer (Elizabeth Canavan) and two prison guards: the even-tempered D'Amico (Salvatore Inzerillo), who is dazzled by Lucius's fame, and the bullying Valdez (David Zayas), who has no doubts about what's right and what's wrong.

Given the importance that the concern with the protection of the vulnerable rightly possesses in Canadian constitutional culture in general, and in the Rodriguez decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, that still forms the backdrop to much discussion of the right to assisted death in Canada, particular attention is devoted to such arguments.

Two of those pages were devoted to legal argument; the rest marshaled medical and other evidence.

Mr. Irving had sued Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, an American historian, over passages in a 1993 book that described him as a dangerous spokesman for a growing movement devoted to the argument that there was no large-scale Nazi program to exterminate Europe's Jews.

The majority of the fourth letter is devoted to an argument revolving around the political liberty of the Irish people.

But, the bulk of Kilty's dissent was devoted to the argument that Congress's power over the federal district was broad.