Sentence examples for maintained that since the from inspiring English sources

The government has consistently maintained that since the Nauru detention centre became "open" in October, with asylum seekers and refugees able to leave and return the centre when they choose, nobody on Nauru is "in detention" anymore.

He maintained that since the rules were generally not based on income, they helped well-off people who could afford to pay more and hurt poor people by reducing the housing supply.

Shelburne wanted to withhold this recognition until the peace treaties with the European countries with which Britain had also been at war were ready for signature; and he maintained that, since the independence of America had not yet been formally recognized, he, as colonial secretary, had the right to conduct the negotiations.

But the United States has not been able to maintain that pace since the recession ended nearly four years ago.

By the end of the first quarter of 2008, Goodyear had achieved its goal of zero waste to landfill and has maintained that position ever since.

They maintain that since the region is about 100 miles west of Manhattan, it is outside New York City's theoretical nuclear blast zone.

But BCCI, the major shareholder in the Champions League venture, has so far shown no appetite to do so, maintaining that since the competition is made up of club teams the ICC's rules over the scheduling of international tournaments should not apply.

Mrs. Hamilton, whose two children were with her mother-in-law down by the water, maintained that since no rain was actually falling at that moment, the day qualified as "nice".

Nevertheless, ethnic nationalists in the region maintain that since these dialects have partially different vocabularies and someone in one region (e.g. Western Croatia) would have difficulty communicating with someone in another region (e.g. Eastern Serbia), the dialects are, in fact, different languages.

In his Chūchō jijitsu ("The True Facts Concerning the Middle Kingdom"), Yamaga maintained that since its founding Japan had remained loyal to its divine Imperial line, whereas China's dynasties had come and gone.

Both he and Grant maintained that since there were so many green, or untrained, volunteers in the army, the men's time would be better spent learning military technique.