Sentence examples for initial assertion from inspiring English sources

Boston police walked back an initial assertion that a fire at Boston's JFK library was related to the marathon explosions.

Brailsford said that his initial assertion that Cope had gone to the Alps to meet the Great Britain rider Emma Pooley had been an inadvertent mistake.

The report backs Russia's initial assertion that a bomb brought the airliner down, rather than being shot down as suggested by UK and US intelligence agencies.

Their initial assertion that there had "previously been allegations of a domestic nature" involving Mr. Pistorius has not yet been supported in court.

Setting aside the fights between environmentalists and industry, the picture emerging in the science is of an initial assertion in an area with inadequate data (largely because of the industry's proprietary bent) that is — unsurprisingly — being challenged.

Documentary evidence indicating that at least one other reporter was involved in phone hacking would likely have become public had the case proceeded, and undermined the company's initial assertion that the hacking was limited to "a lone rogue reporter".

The Iraqi findings are also at odds with initial assertions by the State Department that the convoy had received small-arms fire.

The original reports on Niger have been found to be based on forged documents, and the Bush administration has since backed away from its initial assertions.

Prosecutors said in court on Monday that there was no such group, apparently contradicting Mr. Breivik's initial assertions that he acted as part of a broader conspiracy.

Criminal investigators found no evidence to support assertions by Blackwater employees that they were fired upon by Iraqi civilians, contradicting initial assertions by Blackwater officials who said that company employees fired in self-defense and that several vehicles were badly damaged by hostile gunfire.

"Although Tensing's statements immediately after the shooting can be properly discounted as made during his initial shock from the incident and possibly while under extreme psychological stress, he was provided ample opportunity to clarify those initial assertions two days later when he appeared at [the Cincinnati Police Department] with his attorney," the report states.