Sentence examples for over assertions from inspiring English sources

All democratic governments face a dilemma over assertions of free speech which threaten their strategic or commercial interests.

He has been fighting off a very French furore over assertions his tastes are too luxurious to lay claim to the political left.

Mr. Schwarz also expressed concern over assertions by the Mayor and Mr. Powers that the commission would explore eliminating the Office of Public Advocate and the Independent Budget Office.

A front-page subheading yesterday about a federal investigation of MCI over assertions that it defrauded other telephone companies of long-distance access fees referred imprecisely to MCI's response.

Correction: July 28, 2003, Monday A front-page subheading yesterday about a federal investigation of MCI over assertions that it defrauded other telephone companies of long-distance access fees referred imprecisely to MCI's response.

LIMA, Peru Colombiaia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chávez, moved on Tuesday to repair diplomatic relations after ties had sharply deteriorated in recent weeks over assertions by Colombia's government that Colombian guerrillas were operating from Venezuelan soil.

Still, it takes a comic sense of timing to interrupt himself, as he does after a dozen pages of this collection of essays, with the poker-faced claim: 'I want to avoid over-assertion.' As readers who first encountered these essays in the London Review of Books or the New Republic will know, Wood does not usually avoid problems.

Those "over $whatever billion" assertions can be set aside, since his other estimates, north of $200 billion, fit those descriptors.

They are mainstream politicians, motivated in part by a strong attachment to parliamentary democracy (though I disagree with their over-gloomy assertion that British democracy is wrecked by EU membership).And my hunch is that for UKIP to move much beyond its current core vote, it would have to dilute its message on, say, Islam or immigration, to pick up many more mainstream Conservatives.

These findings cast doubt over the assertions of some researchers that laser forming may be a viable manufacturing process for parts made in small batches.

But on the home page of its Web site, it expresses regret over the assertions in the letter and apologizes to Mr. Elms.