Sentence examples for statements are held from inspiring English sources
Of course, this position ignored the fact that politicians and other elected officials are considered public figures, and their statements are held up to increased scrutiny by the media, their constituents, and their fellow politicians. .
The prosecution's opening statement was held in camera, and the defence asked for a similar stipulation, but was refused.
Eight months later that statement is holding up quite well.
Almost half the responding RNs disagreed (disagree or strongly disagree), while 19% agreed (agree or strongly agree) with the statement "that their mistakes are held against them".
The meeting was described in an official Vatican statement as being held in an atmosphere of "openness and cordiality".
The prime minister's spokesman declined to confirm earlier on Monday rumours that the autumn statement would be held a day later.
Quine proceeds to detail an "empiricism without the dogmas" in which knowledge is to be likened to a field of force where "a conflict with experience at the periphery occasions readjustments in the interior of the field" (1953, 42), and "any statement can be held true come what may, if we make drastic enough adjustments elsewhere in the system" (1953, 43).
Recalcitrant experience thus tells us only that some belief or assumption in the total set that implies a contrary experience is false, not which one, and thus any statement can be held true, no matter what experience brings, so long as we make enough adjustments to the rest of our beliefs and assumptions.
(Ironically, that statement could be held up as a model of journalistic accuracy).
Quine writes: Any statement can be held true come what may, if we make drastic enough adjustments elsewhere in the system.
Prior to Sullivan, the Supreme Court had held that false statements of fact have no constitutional value and that individuals who make false statements can therefore be held accountable for the harm they cause without raising any First Amendment issue.
