Sentence examples for setting the debate from inspiring English sources

First is the effect of the election on the level of political discourse, with the most unrestrained, right-wing demagogues having greater influence than they did before in setting the debate agenda.

Besides the cheap-shot ad, W. looks sulky about setting the debates.

Here the architect intends another metaphor; by setting the debating chamber directly above the public area, he seeks to remind MSPs whilst sitting in the chamber that their power derives from the people below them.

With its populist agenda, UKIP has to a degree set the debate in this election and, especially if Mr Farage wins his seat, its influence will grow.

The former US vice-president and environmental champion, Al Gore, said the new carbon accounting could re-set the debate about allocating blame for the climate crisis.

It was Mr. Obama who set the debate in motion just a week after his election, despite his reluctance to be involved directly.

"On the issues they care about, from minimum wage to tenant issues to development, they are absolutely definitional — they can set the debate at the city and the state level," Mr. de Blasio said.

This is not to argue that electoral reform should be resisted, but to set the debate about AV and other systems of voting in a broader context as part of a wider programme of policy.

How refreshing it would be for the president to reaffirm Bayh's admonition, announce his plans to craft a center-out a bill to re-set the debate, and challenge both parties to meet him in the common good.

Yet they are important because of their role in setting the national debate, in changing the nation's laws.

Many Democrats are dismayed to see Republicans setting the terms of debate.