Sentence examples for narrow constructions from inspiring English sources

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First, it is important for interventions to consider conjoining content on gender equality with content on the costs to marginalised men of adhering to narrow constructions of masculinity (Dworkin 2015).

These same narrow constructions were identified by Hordern and Street (2007a) in interviews with Australian health professionals working in cancer care, where sex was positioned as secondary to survival, or as a difficult topic to discuss.

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"He took a very narrow construction of the Constitution, we'll say it that way.

In a concurring opinion, Justices John Paul Stevens and Stephen G. Breyer said they, too, were satisfied that the court's narrow construction of the statute had allayed "any constitutional concerns that might arise".

The fire burned those materials, spewing impenetrable black smoke that choked the teams of firefighters as they twisted through a maze of narrow construction barricades.

His position on civil liberties was ambivalent, however, and he relied on a very narrow construction of First Amendment rights in his decisions concerning the suppression of free speech during the Red Scare of 1919 20.

To be honest, all this talk of secret-keeping reminded me a little of Dr. Phil, and of the celebrity profile's reductive and somewhat narrow construction of human behavior.

On April 20 , 2015 following the high court's "narrow construction" of the definition of corruption, Icac announced it made submissions to the NSW government seeking amendments to its legislation so that previous corruption findings could be sustained.

Cruz wrote: "For example, although arguing for a narrow construction of the amendment, Professor Laurence Tribe has squarely concluded that the second amendment provides a 'right (admittedly of uncertain scope) on the part of individuals to possess and use firearms in the defense of themselves and their homes'".

Thus, what exists in the self-styled Caliphate today is a sort-of "United Nations of Islam", a melting pot for all Muslims - provided, of course, they are Sunni Muslims who subscribe to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's rather narrow construction of the faith.

What is significant here, too, is the narrow construction placed on apostasy -- a definition to which Da'ish adheres closely.

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