Sentence examples for in a general debate from inspiring English sources

However, even the criminal law is having difficulty finding its place, with the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, engaging in a general debate as to how best to balance the need for criminal sanctions against the basic right for freedom of speech.

So before trying to answer such a criticism, I'd want to make sure I understand, and for that it's best to be talking to a specific user about their specific concerns, not arguing in a general debate".

This in itself will be a litmus test whether that candidate can actually go toe to toe with Clinton in a general debate on the issues that will be much more sharply defined in 2016.

He told The Telegraph: "She asked the question in the context of a general debate - she loves a bit of forthright discussion and this sort of remark is tossed around the dinner table like a ping pong ball.

In addition, there is a general debate within the philosophy of science as to the soundness of inferences to the best explanation: does an explanation's being the best available give any additional reason (over and above its ability to account for the phenomena within its domain) to suppose it true?

At the beginning of each regular session, the General Assembly also holds a general debate, in which all members participate and may raise any issue of international concern.

At the beginning of each regular session, the Assembly also holds a general debate, in which all members may participate and raise any issue of international concern.

But it can only be done as part of a general debate in which people are prepared to have a mature look at how parties fund themselves.

Thirdly, veterinarians must be prepared to be part of a general debate in society on what are our obligations to animals.

"We can't bring that bill for second reading, a general debate, then vote in committee.

Wednesday night's debate was the moment Rubio needed to emerge from the fray, but the task in his morning-after victory lap on television — appearing on six TV networks — was to appear presidential, and ready to take on Clinton in a general election debate.