Sentence examples for using a debate from inspiring English sources

Hammond is under pressure from his own backbenchers to unpick some of the planned welfare cuts, with Conservative MPs using a debate in the House of Commons on Thursday to urge the government to take action.

LONDON — Britain's Parliament on Wednesday collectively turned on Rupert Murdoch, the head of the News Corporation, and the tabloid culture he represents, using a debate about a widening phone hacking scandal to denounce reporting tactics by newspapers once seen as too politically influential to challenge.

Mr Scalia's death and the question of what happens next has thrown a grenade into the Republican presidential nomination race, with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas using a debate on Saturday night to aver that having the unpredictable Mr Trump choose a new Justice – if Mr Obama is unable to – would be a catastrophe.

(Fox did not, and then threatened to sue John McCain for using a debate clip).

The most famous example of a presidential candidate deftly using a debate joke was Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Energy companies deserve a windfall tax Julian Smith, a Conservative MP, has used a debate in Westminster Hall to criticise the Guardian for its reporting of the Edward Snowden NSA/GCHQ revelations.

Several senior figures also used a debate on the party's future manifesto to criticise Nick Clegg for delivering an overly gloomy message that risked alienating their traditional voters.

On Tuesday the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, used a debate in the Dáil about Donohoe's murder to express sympathy for the family of another Garda officer killed by the IRA in 1996.

They will use a debate on a statement of the party's values this afternoon to insist that action to tackle poverty, health, education and transport should take priority over reducing tax bills.

It was the first time rival candidates have used a debate stage to go after the foundation of Trump's campaign – his experience as a businessman, his assertion that he is the only candidate who can be relied upon to be a stalwart opponent of illegal immigration, and his fundamental belief in "winning".

Paul has been a vocal critic of the drone policy, and used a debate over the the President's decision to nominate John Brennan, his national security advisor and architect of the expanded program, to lead the CIA as a occasion to highlight his concerns.