Sentences with phrase «make sweeping claims»

The complaint is typical of tactics used by patent trolls: invoking old patents to make sweeping claims, while demanding an injunction, damages and a jury trial.

Many have seized on the results in order to make sweeping claims.

So these discussions effect me more and I feel judged by those making those sweeping claims.

Ms. Tenney made her sweeping claim on the «Focus on the State Capitol» radio program hosted by Fred Dicker.

Not exact matches

You get guys like Nye, et al, who in their defense of evolution, make these wide sweeping claims that belief in creationism is somehow going to undermine the very foundations of science.

You said, «This is a another sweeping claim made without the slighest reason to believe it is true.

Believers make numerous sweeping claims.

Be very specific Chad, your credibility is near nil anyway, but when you make such a wide sweeping claim, you'd best be able to defend it.

This is combined with an alarming tendency to make sweeping statements such as; «New Testament scholars sometimes say that the Gospel accounts of the appearances of the risen Christ are false and his followers did not intentionally claim to be eye - witnesses to his resurrection», without references to back it up.

[7] As Holloway continues, «[b] ehind the claims made for evolution of all matter, including life and mankind, was the urgent prescience of a majestic, sweeping concept which one day would be proved to have worked in and through all departments of being».

If I may make some bold, sweeping generalizations, I will claim the following.

On the contrary, I should claim, what I have been saying is metaphysical in the second sense of the word which I proposed in an earlier chapter; it is the making of wide generalizations on the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the world.

The research indicates, however, that the figures given particularly by the paid - time religious broadcasters in support of this claim are sweeping overstatements; they do not attempt accurately to assess the situation of the person involved in the decision making before claiming them as a conversion statistic, nor do they take into account the durability of the change which, it is claimed, is produced.

If there's one thing that's guaranteed to make my blood boil it is hearing baby boomers make vague and sweeping claims about the use of technology by the current generation of parents.

The companies claim that payments were made for Cohen's expertise spanning a sweeping range of topics, including accounting, tax reform, health care, real estate and antitrust.

Commenting, Andrew Gotch, Chairman of the CIOT's Owner Managed Business sub-committee said: «As a principle, we strongly agree with simplicity in administration and can see some significant benefits from sweeping away the complexities of the current benefit and tax credit system, and making it more straightforward for people to claim the financial support to which they are entitled.

There are reasons to doubt the claims that this ethics package will make sweeping changes.

In his zeal to lump charter authorizers in with other «regulators,» Greene makes some sweeping and unfounded claims.

Sekou Biddle, vice president of advocacy at the UNCF, isn't ready to question the legitimacy of the NAACP's claims, but does think making a sweeping statement about the value of charter schools ignores local issues.

Ignore this sweeping claim; focus on finding a trading tool that makes sense to you — price action or otherwise.

My mother would sweep the floor and claim to be able to make, «a whole other dog» with all the fur that had accumulated.

... is clearly a sweeping generalization, and I personally find it difficult to imagine anyone making that claim with a straight face.

If PSU did not ask the question, on what basis did they claim to have examined «all» the evidence and that they were able to make such a sweeping conclusion?

Additionally, by bringing a claim, you may be helping to prevent similar injuries from occurring to countless others in the future by forcing the company to make sweeping safety changes.

Avoid making the sweeping generalizations you claim to hate so much or at least attribute them to a reliable and qualified source.

Don't forget to check garage, basement, attic, shed, closets and backyard • If there's time, it's courteous to sweep or vacuum the empty house — everyone appreciates moving into a clean house • Turn down furnace • Lock windows and doors • Check truck after unloading to make sure nothing has been left behind • Check for residential damage as soon as possible — residential damage claim form must be completed and given to movers on moving day; check furniture and boxed goods for damage and note together on separate damage claim • Unpack box of essentials and get comfortable • Don't try to do everything all at once — take breaks, have a snack or quick meal and try to relax!