Sentence examples for were to assert from inspiring English sources

Domenech was absorbed by the problem of defining a national architecture, a necessary thing for Catalans if they were to assert their difference from the rest of Spain.

If one were to assert that the legal system should take into account the harm caused to the economy as a whole, rather than to define narrowly a penalty to ill-gotten gains, then the penalties would and should be several orders of magnitude greater than they are.During the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s, hundreds of executives went to prison for their crimes.

In contrast, if I were to assert 'It's cold' to the monolingual Chinese speaker or to the parochial Canadian, my assertion would be defective, since my audience wouldn't be able to figure out which temperatures are ruled out by my assertion.

So even if the court were to assert itself on these issues, the next step would have to be legislative or administrative action.

If you were to assert that African-Americans' ethics are different than white folks', or that Latinos have "ways of knowing," you'd quickly, and rightly, be accused of racism.

Unless, that is, the administration were to assert that the president's power under Article II of the Constitution was sufficient legal authority for the surveillance (directed at persons reasonably believed to be outside of the United States) that is now removed by the PAA from FISA's definition of electronic surveillance.

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

There are multiple purposes to political speech, only one of which is to assert truths.

There she was to assert herself against the Austrasian magnates for the next 30 years.

The challenge will be to assert a big role without precipitating a clash with Beijing.

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