Sentence examples for was about asserting from inspiring English sources

When land rights were first won for Aboriginal people, it was about asserting our rights and traditions.

Summing up the official view of the Church of England, John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, said the Bill was about asserting a philosophy that ending one's life in circumstances of distress was a human freedom.

For AWS, this is about asserting a position at the top of the cloud provider foodchain.

'That Gimpface hates you, too.' Like most forms of obsessive behaviour, hypochondria is about asserting control.

He adds: "Whereas the first musical age is about asserting independence, the next appears to be more about gaining acceptance from others".

"This project is about asserting Macedonia's identity at a time when it is under threat because of the name issue.

Mr. Powell has always understood, better than the Bush hard-liners (who say, Forget about streets, treaties and institutions -- foreign policy is about asserting U.S. power) that Predators are necessary, but not sufficient.

A lot of generalised machismo seems to be about asserting your superiority over that bloke over there; maybe if your entire aesthetic conveys "I could pummel the average human being into a stain on a gym floor" there is just less to prove.

Of course, for Microsoft, this is about a lot more than just one pricey thermostat — it's about asserting Cortana as more than just a desktop assistant.

It's about asserting our right to govern ourselves and to act as a sovereign nation".

It is about asserting American leadership -- a combination of intelligence, spirit, and ethics -- in science.