Sentence examples for proposition advanced from inspiring English sources

That's the proposition advanced by KLD Energy Technologies of Austin, Tex., which suggests that it has come up with the next great innovation in electric-vehicle powertrains.

No sooner has he landed in America than he has tripped into one of its mustiest cultural traps — the proposition, advanced by scores of movies, that the South is little more than a barbecue pit of frail eccentrics, secluded matriarchs, white-linen Lucifers, and outright steaming maniacs.

"The legal opinion confirms that a vote for independence would make Scotland a 'successor state' and specifically rejects the proposition, advanced by Scotland's first minister, that Scotland and the UK would both be regarded as two new states following any vote for independence," according to the Scotland Office.

Since President Bill Clinton called on NATO in 1995 to bomb Bosnia and Herzegovina, ending war crimes that are now being prosecuted, and President Obama organized a coalition for military intervention in Libya, international law has developed in line with the proposition advanced by Grotius.

More startling was the proposition advanced by two eminent academics, Susan Mayer (University of Chicago) and Christopher Jencks (Harvard), under the Times Op-Ed heading "Learning by Just Being There".

There is some wisdom in the propositions advanced on all sides of our current predicament, despite the unfortunate fact that each set of statements is easy to dismiss as born of self-interest and tainted by hypocrisy.

The teacher makes use of the visual images as a way to support the propositions advanced in the verbal text, demonstrating her approach of the use of the verbal and visual modes in texts.

The underlying proposition, widely advanced by zoo professionals, is that, in an era when it's no longer acceptable to round up wild giraffes, maintaining a sustainable stock in a zoo is not simply a business necessity; it's an achievement of conservation — or, at least, a sign of scientific ardor.

Appropriate propositions are advanced, along with implications for managers and researchers.

They were seeking to negate a proposition, not advance a manifesto of their own.

Petitioners offer no support whatsoever for the proposition they advance in this lawsuit: that Congress intentionally withheld tax subsidies in states that chose to have the federal government operate the exchange in their state.