Sentence examples for seek to assert from inspiring English sources

The changes come as regulators seek to assert their authority in light of successive banking scandals.

Tensions regularly flare over the site, with Palestinians fearing Israel will seek to assert further control over it.

People seek to assert a right to control what happens to information they have provided under a legal obligation or given voluntarily but for a specific purpose.

The protests underlined the new challenges facing China's Communist party leaders as they seek to assert their control over Hong Kong's vibrant political scene, which stands in stark contrast to the mainland's rigid one-party system.

Where Dirt Music ended optimistically with a sharing of oxygen, a 'kiss of life', the characters in this novel seek to assert control over their physical selves by withholding breath.

Over a silver service dinner this evening, EU leaders will once again seek to assert that unity, when they repeat their well-worn lines that the UK cannot cherrypick the best bits of the EU.

In seeking to assert my moral superiority, I enabled Hannity.

In recent years, prosecutors have sought to assert an independent streak.

Chinese authorities have also sought to assert control by directly warning some online services.

My tweet sought to assert that I refuse to be seen through my body.

3.53pm BST 18th over: India 147-4 (Yuvraj 59 Dhoni 23) Watson seeks to assert some control.