Sentence examples similar to prompt assertion from inspiring English sources

In one of the most contentious cases, an American AC-130 gunship attacked a suspected Taliban compound in August, prompting assertions by villagers that more than 90 civilians were killed, a majority of them women and children.

AutoTutor provides a cycle of pump → hint → prompt → assertion for each expectation until the expectation is covered.

The news emerged after the Commons business committee investigating the Royal Mail flotation questioned the business secretary, Vince Cable, and his ministerial colleague Michael Fallon how the offer was valued, prompting an assertion from Cable that there was no need for an independent inquiry into the process.

The decision to hear the case prompted confident assertions from each side that it was sure to prevail, and gave rise to calculations about the complicated political impact of possible rulings.

Elias's assertion prompted Dittmar to go back and scour the records again.

This startling assertion prompts me to comment that MacInnes bears a passing resemblance to Bruce Willis.

That assertion prompted a question from Councilman Daniel Dromm, who asked whether officers had cataloged the city's Irish, as well.

That assertion prompted Fire officials to consider filing tampering charges with the league office against the Red Bulls.

This assertion prompted Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post, which won a Pulitzer Prize last week, to issue an invitation: Murdoch claims Huffington Post has just "a few" reporters — he should come by the newsroom some time!

The assertion prompted criticism, but a caller to his show said the radio host's frank talk about the subject helped him decide not to take his own life.

Students were given 15 min to respond to a written prompt that described the assertion.