Sentence examples for prevail in arguing from inspiring English sources

Father Fay faces 37 to 46 months in prison if his lawyer persuades the judge that the amount was $400,000 and $1 million, or 46 to 57 months in prison if prosecutors prevail in arguing that $1 million to $2.5 million was stolen.

Republicans prevailed in arguing that the prescription drug benefit be offered through private insurers, over the loud objections of Democrats.

Mr. Lowenfels said that under the right circumstances, investors might prevail in arbitrations by arguing that analysts' actions deviate from just and equitable principles of trade.

"We're confident that we will prevail in the court case argued before the Supreme Court last week.

The federal judge in Alabama, Ira DeMent, said Justice See was likely to prevail at a trial in arguing that the Alabama ethics rule was too broad.

Amazon's competitor, the judges argued, was likely to prevail in the patent trial, scheduled for September.

Cummins (1986, 2001, 2015) argues that marginalised students will succeed educationally to the extent that the patterns of interaction in school reverse those that prevail in the (dominant) society at large.

[Even worse] as historian Marc Trachtenberg argues... "The side... more willing to run the risk of nuclear war has the upper hand and will prevail in a showdown"...

Streat argues compellingly that the issue of irreversibility is a practical impossibility to determine, and that because of this, utilitarian criteria should prevail in determining when death is pronounced and when organs may be retrieved.

Who will prevail in Athens?

The Justice Department argues that the law still runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act but now faces the higher threshold of proving intentional discrimination to prevail in court.