Sentence examples for former argument from inspiring English sources

It would appear that the former argument was prevalent.

The former argument was outlined by the prosecution QC, Sasha Wass, in a devastating opening speech which surmised that Adoboli's potential losses were at one point big enough to sink UBS.

In rejecting the former argument, the court accepted the basic premise of the act's opponents – namely, that rather than regulating the conduct of individuals already in market (in this case, for healthcare), the act instead sought to push people into the market for insurance, thereby overstepping the boundaries of its constitutional limits of power.

Argumentation is a dynamic process and, in general, new arguments occur in response to a former argument or, more precisely, attack a former argument.

A short report published by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research in 2016 finds evidence in support of the former argument (Bergmann et al. 2016).

Responding to the former argument, Christakis and Fowler say they found that happy and unhappy people still become friends, but that--over time--the mood of one evolves to match the other.

But it's more personal, and at least as preoccupying as my friend Mark's former arguments.

The former arguments are plainly theoretical: they appeal to the explanatory power of semantical theories invoking propositions.

We recently published [24, 25]; the former arguments that mobility models have a relevant effect on the properties of the proposed algorithms, while the latter is a short contribution on the possibility to leverage network mobility for node capture detection.

The former arguments take the position that forced displacement is not in itself illegal, and the latter takes the position that forced displacement is illegal unless it can be proven that an exception of 'imperative military reasons' or 'civilian security' applies.

(McLean and Hewitt 1994, 335) Again he reprises his former arguments regarding women's genius and the inappropriate link between genius and the legitimate exercise of rights: Even if the charge of women's lack of demonstrated genius were true, which he doubts, "we would hardly attempt to limit citizenship rights only to men of genius" (McLean and Hewitt 1994, 335).