Sentence examples for firmly challenge from inspiring English sources

If the onus to firmly challenge this viewpoint falls on administrators, professors, and deans like yourself, do you feel that your support for free speech on campus is sufficient without naming and condemning exactly those people who want to restrict it, like Professor powell?

The architectural pilgrim should not tarry too long: a recent admirer closely inspecting the newly cleaned stone was politely but firmly challenged by a guard, told to move along and to appreciate the facade from across the street.

An inquiry there is firmly challenged with the information that there are now two clubs called "Grolier" and that this one is for people interested in books, not a nightclub.

Finally, politely but firmly challenging your supervisor when he or she displays acts of obvious bias can not only help to resolve situations quickly but also establish you as a potential leader.

It was not until 1999 that the results of phylogenetic analysis firmly challenged the traditional classification, showing C. geaster to be part of a distinct lineage, or clade, that includes species in the genera Desmazierella, Neournula, and Wolfina, taxa that were distributed among both families.

The court firmly rejected that challenge.

Dozens of environmental and health groups send a letter to President Obama asking him to firmly address the challenge of climate change in his second term.

But some will require them to challenge firmly held assumptions, to work more closely together and to distance themselves from special pleading by business.

And how can we keep the longer term challenges firmly in view?

On a Sunday in March, Hall firmly believed he could challenge the East Africans for a gold medal.

The researchers admit that the findings were an unexpected and puzzling challenge to firmly held, almost religious beliefs about nutrition and health.