To assert that ancestors are hypothetical is to assert that evolutionary descent itself is hypothetical.
That has created the potential for an embarrassing public dispute among E.U. nations right when the bloc most hopes to assert its leadership.
You can do harm by the process that is quaintly called telling the truth". Agreeing with Henderson, a student in the class spoke up to assert that if lying instills hope and mental strength in a patient -- and this, in turn, makes the patient more likely to get well -- lying makes sense.
To assert that the U.S. must lead globally is to assert that everybody else must follow.
GEN. ALEXANDROV: You continue to assert that that is so?
But it is unscientific to assert that it would.
He's quick to assert that they never dated.
To assert that a given statement is true, they argue, is merely another way of asserting the statement itself.
Under S.E.C. laws, you have to assert that the N.Y.S.E.
Scientists like to assert that theirs is an exact discipline.
