Sentence examples for sweeping definition from inspiring English sources
Lawyers, civil liberty campaigners and Christian groups who object to aspects of equality legislation (are such laws now fundamental to Britain or not?) have all warned of the difficulties that this sweeping definition raises.
One sweeping definition is "the countries of Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa," but Webster's New World gets a little more specific: "area from Afghanistan to Libya, including Arabia, Cyprus and Asiatic Turkey".
The FTC also adopted a particularly sweeping definition of market power when it resorted to the courts to block the organic retailing merger between Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats, only for the deal to go ahead after the firms made modest concessions.The courts also overruled the Bush administration's attempt to block the acquisition of PeopleSoft by a rival database firm, Oracle.
"Its sweeping definition of commercial speech, which exposed speech which plainly concerned a matter of public interest to liability without fault to an individual who hadn't even been damaged by it, now applies to all speech by corporations that reaches California".
His remarks also come as many social conservatives, an important element of his political base, are seething over a 6-to-3 ruling in June by the Supreme Court in which the court offered a sweeping definition of personal liberty to strike down a Texas law outlawing private gay activity.
While other vineyard owners use their columns to talk about the latest wines, Wright recently used part of his for an editorial assault on the Australian government over new antiterrorism laws, especially a sweeping definition of sedition.
Governments should not use these types of sweeping definitions as a pretext to attack or silence one's critics.
Sweeping definitions of terrorism or violent extremism are often used to criminalize the legitimate actions of opposition groups, civil society organizations and human rights defenders.
The proposed law, which would be incorporated into other legislation and government policies, would introduce sweeping definitions of gender-based violence, covering psychological and economic harm in both the public and domestic spheres.
Chinese officials have argued that the Americans rely on incorrect information or too-sweeping definitions of prohibited weapons components.
It improperly denies benefits to residents of states that permit same-sex marriage by applying a "sweeping 'federal' definition of marriage" for which there is no precedent in law.
