Sentence examples for prior debate from inspiring English sources

A decree issued late last month with no prior debate threatens to change that.

Mr. Perry did not make any serious flubs, and even managed to make fun of himself by referencing the difficulty he had in the prior debate.

His mantra of "not true," "not true" from the prior debate was replaced by "all over the map," "all over the map," a dismissal of Romney's positions as undependable.

Before Williams was escorted out of the event, she asked, "How come you didn't address that in the prior debate?" Clinton replied, "You know what?

The number of Americans watching no doubt dwarfed the viewership for any prior debate -- including for the legendary first meeting between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

As in the prior debate, Republican and Republican-leaning voters who watched at least clips of the event -- "GOP voters," for the sake of brevity -- named Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla).

In their three prior debates, two of them on radio, Mr. Schundler had often gotten the better of Mr. Franks.

It was the seventh time the candidates had met and it was strikingly different in tone from any of the prior debates.

There's really no arguing with the consensus view that, after repeatedly courting calamity in prior debates, Rick Perry did grave damage to his presidential campaign Wednesday night.

"The Anatomy of Fascism" is the work of a distinguished scholar who has sifted through the primary sources, the tomes and the trends in an effort to synthesize and even settle prior debates.

"We are in the middle of a major legislative fight over gun laws in this nation, and the N.R.A. has staked out an extreme position — frankly, more extreme than they ever have in prior debates," said Murphy, who has also called on Fox not to broadcast the race.