Sentence examples for were cited to from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the Biblical Adam and Eve origin story would often prove the only argument against the theory of blacks being a separate species, even as chapter and verse were cited to justify slavery, too.

The opponents of reform won him over to their side and, in 1407, succeeded in charging Stanislav and Páleč with heresy, and they were cited to the Roman Curia for examination.

In 833 Ibn Ḥanbal and another theologian, Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ, who had also refused to recant, were cited to appear for trial before Caliph al-Maʾmūn, who was in Tarsus (now in modern Turkey) at the time.

The flies were cited to appear at a specified time to answer for their conduct but "in consideration of their small size and the fact that they had not yet reached the age of their majority" an advocate was appointed by the court for them.

No matter how hard Mr. Waxman pushed him, or how sharply the subcommittee chairman, Representative Bart Stupak, the Michigan Democrat, spoke to him, or how many documents were cited to suggest that BP put profit before safety at the Deepwater Horizon rig, Mr. Hayward essentially provided one answer: "I was not part of that decision-making process".

Eventually, concluding remarks were cited to make a summary of our work and to present an overview of the developed MULTIMOORA method and its application in materials selection.

What specific evidence is cited to support that claim?

What will Guantánamo be cited to justify, two centuries from now?

It is no coincidence that Chairman Bill Thomas's name was cited to make this improbable transition".

The verse, from the Old Testament, has often been cited to condemn homosexual behavior.

Two factors are cited to explain the departure of Korean-owned stores.