"assertion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Vallandigham's assertion that 'he did not want to belong to the United States' prompted Edward Everett Hale to write 'The Man Without a Country'.
- His assertion prompted the Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, to propose hearings into the issue of legalizing drugs.
- That assertion has prompted former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York to accuse Mr. Edwards and other Democrats of being "in denial" about the threat.
- The assertion prompted several committee members to express outrage at idea that paper work might impede justice.
- His assertion prompted one of Mrs. Bobbitt's lawyers, Blair Howard of Alexandria, to ask whether Mr. Bobbitt considered himself a battered husband.
- If Bonds did not report that income, Bell's assertions could prompt an investigation into tax evasion, a crime that has befallen other sports stars.
- The assertions prompted the agency to begin an investigation of the company.
- That assertion prompted outrage from the officers' lawyers.
- An Iranian immigrant's assertion that she had been the victim of a vicious hate crime last month prompted a march and speeches against bigotry.
- Sears's assertion that its advertising practices are widespread has prompted the Council of Better Business Bureaus to set up meetings later this month in Washington with major national retailers.
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