Sentence examples for on assert from inspiring English sources

In a defiant performance in the Commons, Cable insisted the pre-election pledge to scrap tuition fees was "no longer feasible" and went on assert a broader principle that all commitments made by either of the two coalition parties were no longer valid.

However, shortly after this, Peter disappears to the apparent obliviousness of both Fringe teams; the Observers, looking on, assert that Peter has erased himself from the timeline to let this event happen.

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During the early years the new administration largely focused on asserting authority over the territory.

"It seems to me," he wrote, "that Israel's leaders have grown mindlessly, habitually dependent on asserting their own victimisation.

In any event, he said, Ms. Bartlett's case relied heavily on asserted shortcomings in the warning label.

Still, there are hints that Mr. Sharif will insist on asserting his authority in ways that could put the generals on edge.

In fact, Ms. Palin seems bent on asserting her own claim to the party's leadership, putting herself on par with Mr. Boehner and his Senate counterpart, Mitch McConnell.

Perhaps it was to allow Mr. Obama to go on asserting that the issue of same-sex marriage should generally be left up to the states.

The Swedish team has based its appeal on asserting that Sprig's torso did not cross the line first and both athletes should be awarded a gold.

The opposition's line is that having defanged the army, AK is now bent on asserting its control over the law.