Sentence examples for was to assert that from inspiring English sources

The point of this grotesque catalogue was to assert that the Eighth Amendment prohibited methods of execution that were also forms of torture — nothing more.

Another Lib Dem policy was to assert that by 2020, nobody would pay tax on their first £12,500 of income.

The other thing Mr. Brija did that escalated things was to assert that he had been putting sauce in bottles before the Scognamillos had, and had the invoices to prove it.

When Steven Spielberg depicted the gory horrors of war in "Saving Private Ryan," its effect was to assert that, in effect, we — their descendants — were the children of demigods, of virtual superheroes who had been through Hell on Earth to keep us safe; the idea meshes with his career-long cinematic theme and tone of filial piety.

There were two approaches to this issue: one was to deny that the universe had a place and then explain in what sense it could be said to move, while the other was to assert that the universe has a place and then show how its having a place is consistent with Aristotle's definition of place.

As health leaders, our prevention response to car crashes was to assert that highway deaths are not accidents they are predictable and preventable.

To assert that the U.S. must lead globally is to assert that everybody else must follow.

The rebrand has been to assert that the brand is relevant locally.

To say that the event is future is to assert that it is later than this utterance.

Trump likes to use stories like Steinle's to assert that sanctuary policies are a public safety threat.

To assert that the first steps of a policy make it immutable is to assert that imperfections and errors in legislation become constitutional rights.