Sentence examples for the initial assertions from inspiring English sources

The initial assertions by the president and his team that no collusion had taken place were predicated largely on Clapper's public statement that he'd seen no evidence of collusion — by the time he left in January.

Despite the initial assertions and rumors that North Korea was behind the attacks and slight evidence that the programmer had some familiarity with South Korean software, the consensus of most computer security specialists is that the attackers could be located anywhere in the world.

One of the initial assertions in the film is that slavery has not been abolished but is increasing, and that half of this slavery is sexual in nature.

But a constructivist will claim that the actual, often unacknowledged, judgments driving the initial assertion that someone is unhealthy are derived from social norms.

First, when a survey designer makes an assertion and invites respondents to react, a number of respondents will provide seemingly random answers simply because the wording of the initial assertion does not reflect how they think about the issue.

"Although Tensing's statements immediately after the shooting can be properly discounted as made during his initial shock from the incident and possibly while under extreme psychological stress, he was provided ample opportunity to clarify those initial assertions two days later when he appeared at [the Cincinnati Police Department] with his attorney," the report states.

The Iraqi findings are also at odds with initial assertions by the State Department that the convoy had received small-arms fire.

Those conclusions contradict Blackwater's original statement on the shooting, which said that a convoy operated by the company's guards "acted lawfully and appropriately in response to a hostile attack". The Iraqi findings are also at odds with initial assertions by the State Department that the convoy had received small-arms fire.

The conflict has also prevented air safety investigators from carrying out a full forensic analysis, but a preliminary report Tuesday by Dutch officials leading the investigation of what caused the Flight 17 disaster appeared to confirm initial assertions that the passenger plane had been hit by a surface-to-air-missile July 17.

Now part 2, the White House continues to shakily stand by their initial assertions that 75% of the oil has disappeared.

Abbott said nothing had emerged to cast doubt on his initial assertions that the Malaysia Airlines plane had been shot down by Russian-backed rebels, and in a comment directed at Russia suggested "it would be much better if we didn't have large countries interfering in the affairs of small ones".