Sentence examples for invoking the notion from inspiring English sources

Starting in 1997 victims of one German massacre, in the village of Distomo in 1944, sued Germany privately.In 2012, however, the International Court of Justice in The Hague sided with Germany, invoking the notion that governments have immunity from lawsuits by individuals in foreign courts.

Invoking the notion of equal pay proved a very skilful diversionary tactic.

Tenanes might want to think twice before invoking the notion of the unforeseen.

Invoking the notion of thrift, she set out to persuade towns to compete with one another to become more energy-efficient.

Suddenly, it seemed impossible to mention the status of the black American woman without invoking the notion that she is an omniscient moral creature.

The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, has led the debate on this, invoking the notion of an international "responsibility to protect" (R2P) which was cautiously blessed by the United Nations in 2005.

But how can such a truth-conditional semantics explain the phenomena for which Frege invoked the notion of sense?

The title of the series presumably invokes the notion that babies are the sworn enemies of sleeping people everywhere.

William H. Gates complains that everyone at Microsoft pitching a new project seems to invoke the notion of the innovator's dilemma.

In 1908 Frank B. Taylor of the United States invoked the notion of continental collision to explain the formation of some of the world's mountain ranges.

Not long ago autocrats could invoke the notion of "national sovereignty" and avoid any interference from the international community during the internal repression of their citizens.