Sentence examples for the affirmation by from inspiring English sources

Paulette acknowledged the affirmation by touching his knee, then she asked, "Should we complain?" "About what?" "The Herons.

To the first charge, the assertion that he had a human mother was considered a convincing refutation; with regard to the second, the affirmation by the Council of Ephesus (431) that Mary was Theotokos became the principle upon which devotion to Mary in the East has primarily rested.

Similarly, an adult in a romantic relationship never is content with being told that he/she is loved by the beloved only once; he/she insists upon repetitions ad infinitum of the affirmation by the significant other that, "I love you" (as if no affirmation is ever quite enough).

Ever since the affirmation by Congress, in the Expatriation Act of 1868, that individuals had an inherent right to expatriation (giving up of citizenship), it has historically been accepted that certain actions could result in loss of citizenship.

However, China can see one, welcome constant in Chinese-American relations: the consistent affirmation by the Clinton administration of its adherence to the "one-China" policy.

Many of us turned out to be more resilient than predicted — thanks, in part, to the affirmation offered by our alternative rock icons and third-wave feminist ideals.

"I very much welcome this affirmation by Paulson and Steel that we need to regulate risk in ways that we haven't".

The new movement's goal was to free "Africa from the colonial yoke by the affirmation of her personality and by the association, freely agreed to, of a union of nations".

Charles Darwin has had a remarkable record over the past century, not only in the affirmation of evolution by natural selection, but in the number of his more specific ideas that have been proved correct.

The affirmation of marriage equality by the Supreme Court disrupted Christian privilege by making the assumptions of heteronormative marriage visible and changeable.

The demotions, and White's affirmation by the board, led to another uproar within the school.