Sentence examples for were to assert itself from inspiring English sources

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

To assert that ancestors are hypothetical is to assert that evolutionary descent itself is hypothetical.

To assert a proposition is to assert that it is entailed by a system of beliefs.

"It is a young generation which is starting to assert itself," said Saint-André, who is well aware of the importance of not being carried away by the two home wins.

He was entering an almost deserted field at a time when Los Angeles was beginning to assert itself culturally, and a home-grown modernist movement was burgeoning.

Despite its economic troubles, the Iranian state is a powerful beast compared with its neighbours, and is keen to assert itself abroad.

"The United States is attempting to extricate itself from Afghanistan and Iraq, and by the middle of the decade may be ready to assert itself in Central Europe," wrote Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence risk consulting firm based in Austin, Texas.

"It's going to assert itself more and more in the region, especially now that French forces have been scaled down".

But when it comes to controlling budget deficits, the commission is determined to assert itself.

Some question whether China's middle class is eager to assert itself.

Violent incidents had beset officials, and the team was struggling to assert itself.