Sentence examples for official assertion from inspiring English sources

Its widespread adoption amounted to official assertion that, in time of war, trade by sea could be conducted only with the approval of belligerents.

To this day, neither the completion date, December 2004, nor the official assertion that the construction is "83percentt complete" is certain.

Speaking at the conference, Nur Bekri, chairman of the regional government, repeated the official assertion that the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism and religious extremism were responsible for the rioting.

In its stern, unforgiving way, it concentrates on the known facts and known oddities like the official assertion (later corrected) that the four bombers caught the 7.40 from Luton on 7 July 2005 when that train was cancelled that day.

BBC Marathi service did its own investigation in 2018 into the official assertion that the state of Maharasthra was free of open defecation.

Whether it's relief efforts like that in Haiti or military incursions to protect national interests, the official assertion that beach landings are obsolete in modern warfare is alarming.

Official assertions are our stating point to investigate ("Official A said X, Y and Z today: now let's see if that's true"), not the gospel around which we build our narratives ("X, Y and Z, official A says").

They also raise questions about Russia's official assertions that Chechnya and its neighboring republics, a few hundred miles east of Sochi, where Russia is to stage the Winter Olympics in 2014, are secure and under control.

And he is less keen to echo official assertions that the turbulence is all due to Iranian plots.Amid such sharpening polarisation, accusations that Iran is encouraging its fellow Shias in Bahrain to rise up as a fifth column risk self-fulfilment.

With subsidies and controls, the president and members of parliament, who compete to be generous, have ensured that the prices of petrol, electricity and basic foods rise more slowly than inflation, if at all.In general, Iranians approve of the nuclear programme, though not all believe official assertions that it is peaceful.

We should not trust official assertions of the "low risk" of offshore drilling, tankers, or pipelines, nor should we trust industry assertions regarding size and impact of a spill.