Sentence examples for expressing an idea from inspiring English sources

This unity of idea and expression is known in copyright law as the merger doctrine; courts applying the doctrine acknowledge that "even expression is not protected in those instances where there is only one or so few ways of expressing an idea that protection of the expression would effectively accord protection to the idea itself".

Expressing an idea as less than it is.

Expressing an idea of pattern, it was devised with mathematical algorithms.

She said this in English, expressing an idea considered rebellious in a society that prizes and encourages conformity.

Though Mr. Galliano's collection owed a lot to dance, and though he learned to do the flamenco from his Spanish mother, dance was just a means of expressing an idea.

Maybe I was unfair to Ed Miliband this autumn when he gave a speech that I think was illiberal and statist and could lead his party to defeat – but which at least contained an attempt at expressing an idea to which others might respond.

As a writer I just try to express an idea.

None was able to articulate a sentence, express an idea.

This crummiest of all adjectives attempts to express an idea that is both vague and silly.

Sometimes we want to express an idea with more complexity than simple and compound sentences allow.

emoji, n: a small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in electronic communication.