Sentence examples for position of arguing from inspiring English sources

It has also left the two sides in the awkward position of arguing over an eminent colleague's final testament.

The divorce action put the defendant, Donna M., in the peculiar position of arguing that their marriage was invalid and, therefore, there could be no divorce.

Each side, in other words, could be in the position of arguing against its own interest if the court grants review in the Bismullah case.

In Kwoyelo's case, the government is now in the embarrassing position of arguing that its own amnesty legislation was unconstitutional so that it can try him for a tall list of crimes against humanity like murder, mutilation, and kidnapping.

"The more forcefully the administration urges a court to stay out because this is warfare, the more it puts itself in the uncomfortable position of arguing we're at war even in Yemen," he said.

The president is therefore in the unenviable position of arguing that we're in big trouble and so a small percentage of people will have to give more, but most people will be protected from sacrifice.

When and if the specific transactions are litigated, new facts and legal and equitable considerations may well appear, and Maine should be free in any such future litigation to defend broadly, even to the extent of arguing positions and theories which overlap considerably those treated here.

But prisoners in their position must: have the possibility of arguing that at some point, after a lengthy period in prison, their detention is no longer necessary in the interests of punishment, deterrence and protection of the public and that their release would be justified on grounds of rehabilitation.

That's led many people (CNBC's Dylan Ratigan is a partcularly vocal advocate of this position) to argue that interest-rate cuts are basically ineffective instruments in the kind of financial crisis we're seeing, not because interest rates are already so low (they're clearly not in the U.K. or Europe), but because banks simply aren't willing to lend, no matter what the potential profit spread.

"I knew I was right, but I wasn't in much of a position to argue," Palmer wrote.

Mr Pistorius' lawyer, Barry Roux, said yesterday the defence required time to investigate in order to "put ourselves in a better position to argue the schedule of the offence".