Sentence examples for to try to assert from inspiring English sources

"It seems to me to have enormous consequences," said Justice Stephen G. Breyer, "for the government suddenly to try to assert a quasi-criminal penalty and abolish the statute of limitations, I mean, in a vast set of cases".

The cautious approach appears to reflect the baby steps that Hu Jintao, China's president and party chief, has taken to try to assert his own agenda as he labors in the shadow of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin.

Then there are efforts to restart the six-party talks to take away the North's small arsenal of nuclear weapons, as well as Kim's move this month to try to assert control over the military.

Which villainous race will have the upper hand, or will the Borg and Cybermen be too logical to try to assert dominance over each other?

Novartis might try to assert other patents to stave off competition, however.

That competition is likely to flare anew as lawmakers try to assert responsibility for President Bush's new domestic defense initiative.

Koppelman's Vines (along with wildly popular screenwriting-advice sites like the one by John August) occupy a strange writer-empowerment territory that has grown up on the Web, places where seasoned practitioners of the form try to assert to their followers that there is an art to what they do, and that the art can be gradually decoded.

Al Qaeda may strike back, or other groups may try to assert their rising power.

They may try to assert that the board's decision should not apply in nonunion companies.

Occasionally, Clifford would try to assert his former authority with journalists.

"The point is to scare off the next community that might try to assert its human rights".