Sentences with phrase «stand by my argument»

If the answer is no, you can not stand by this argument.

I stand by my argument that saturating our labor markets and swelling our already ample underclass with third - world economic migrants is exhausting our capacity to aid the vaster numbers who are left behind, let alone the needy Americans who have nowhere else to go.

Not that I don't stand by my arguments: I will continue to defend my use and experience with and understanding of the English language.

In any case, I will stand by my argument.

If we mean increased variability about a time - varying normal (where «normal» is defined by its purpose of «maximum likelihood estimate of the weather»), I stand by my argument above.

Thirdly, he then during question period a few days later repeated his messaging in a very public forum and again stood by his argument that few women and minorities are applying for positions on the bench so that's why the government isn't appointing them.

Not exact matches

As much as it's significant to speak for yourself and stand by your point, it's also necessary to avoid pointless arguments at work.

The billionaires fought about Herbalife and other long - standing gripes in an epic argument that was televised by CNBC.

Two previous arguments by the Standing Rock tribe - that the construction had threatened sacred sites, and that the presence of oil in the pipeline would damage sacred waters, had been rejected by the court.

Amid the flurry of essays on religious liberty occasioned by the Supreme Court's hearing arguments in the Hobby Lobby case, these two sentences from Rick Warren's otherwise excellent op - ed in the Washington Post stood out to me:

Waugh fans have long indulged friendly arguments about the master's greatest work; a recent re-reading of The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Everyman's Library) persuaded me (again) that these three books easily stand with A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited at the summit of Waugh's achievement, even as they brilliantly lay bare the European cultural crisis that was vastly accelerated by World War I.

@ Jillienne «Stand YOUR own ground, don't expect people to forsake God by telling them how «impossible» it is for a man to be swallowed by a fish, an argument that really bears no weight actually, because frankly, if you believe that Dinosaurs once roamed the earth (a proven fact) there is nothing wrong with believing a man could have been swallowed by a giant whale... it's really not that strange..»

In the face of that kind of argument, buttressed by an expectation that, problems or not, the research on life extension will go on anyway, those whom Ronald Bailey has called «the mortalists» must especially be taken to task for standing in the way of progress.

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

Can we annul this specific feature of narration by advancing the trivial argument that someone nevertheless wrote it and that he stands in a relation to his text analogous to that of the prophet and the double author of prophecy?

As I conclude, it has become clear that the arguments invoked in the name of equality, love, protection, and of the right to a child do not stand up and can not, by themselves, justify a law.

If we win the FA Cup and get top - four then you may have an argument, but as things stand things look much worse than last season by any measure that counts IE.

I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the question of whether the school lunch program should exist altogether, but I am baffled by the «nanny state» argument against improving nutrition for children.

In his brief and argument, Robert urges that he be * 277 given custody, «with liberal visitation to Carla...» We assume that Robert will stand by this advocacy of liberal rights of visitation for Carla so that the children may gain the benefits of companionship with both parents.

The ineluctability of this choice is hammered home by a series of arguments designed to prove that we stand in a duty of justice to «sentient selves» rather than «moral persons» in some rationalistic sense.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

What I can't stand about Blonde's argument over public services, is his failure to realize that private property in healthcare budgets is regressive because it lowers the quality of care for the sickest and poorest by depriving them of resources they need, and removes democratic accountability from healthcare.

None of the three main parties has stood up and made the only logical argument possible in the face of Ukip's crafty and increasingly well - organised crowd - pleasing: that the greatest problems facing Britain are not caused by excessive immigration, and that an excessive clampdown on people coming in will have thoroughly unwanted consequences.

At the end of the oral arguments, Fisher asked the plaintiffs to submit further written arguments concerning whether they have standing in the case, and on the «political question» — presumably, whether or not this is a matter to be decided by the courts or political system.

The biggest argument against such a move is that voters are looking for the minority party to stand against what they believe to be President Obama's wrong - headed agenda rather than offer an entire alternative set of policies and, by unifying behind a «Contract», Republicans will be handing Democrats something to shoot at this fall.

Legislators and their employers offered a different set of arguments to those requests, though, which a Senate Republican spokesman indicated they were standing by.

The arguments made by food manufacturers in support of using hormones to treat our animals, are laughable to say the least (they would be in support of it since it's they who stand to profit at the expense of our ill - health.

I've previously made my argument for why I don't think dairy is necessary, and I stand by -LSB-...]

I am just astonished that a composer of his standing would agree to do this — I know the argument is that if the composer doesn't do what is asked of him, he will quickly find employment harder to come by, but surely Howard is offered enough movies that he could work on high - profile films without having to compromise himself as distastefully as he has here.

Set to be introduced in Civil War ahead of his own stand - alone film in 2018, Black Panther will show up as more of a neutral party in the conflict over the superhero - registering Sokovia Accords backed by Tony «Iron Man» Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and resisted by Steve «Captain America» Rogers (Chris Evans), though he'll lean towards Tony's side of the argument.

It doesn't help to make excuses for our lackluster education system by pointing to dubious poverty arguments that don't stand up to scrutiny.

Even when using subjective data, Eden's arguments don't stand up to scrutiny, a point made by Daniel Losen of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA during testimony at a December hearing held by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at which Eden also testified.

In addition to the expert opinion, legal arguments pertaining to mootness and ripeness, as well as a strong defense of CCJEF's legitimate standing in the case, the reply brief was offered by counsel for the plaintiffs, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York), with assistance from the Yale Law School Education Adequacy Clinic, both of which serve pro bono in this action.

All of us are full - time automotive journalists, and none of us stands to profit by selecting a certain vehicle, thus erasing the argument that a single publication, for instance, might hope to gain lots of advertising by selecting the proper winner.

However for this argument to stand a chance, than it would mean that every person who uses sexual orientation as an insult by yelling faggot should also be banned since they to are bringing up a persons sexuality.

Viveros - Fauné writes: «An argument can be made that Neel reserved her best, most perceptive nose for difference for her less known sitters... These pictures and others are not only unmarred by agendas of any kind, they appear instead to have been created out of a profound need to understand what lies beyond their sitters» social standing and self - presentations.

To sound a note of caution, however, stand by for the counter argument to shift to what scientists were «predicting» in the 1950s and early 1960s.

It can't really be — but should we let this argument stand by force of repetition?

I am still a bit puzzled about the CO2 to N2 energy transfer being equal and opposite the CO2 molecule is outnumbered 25 000 to 1 by the other molecules in the atmosphere N2 the largest then O2 and H2O so the chance of the CO2 molecule colliding with a different molecule is 25 000 to 1 the chance of another molecule colliding with a CO2 is 1 in 25 000 but the other molecules will collide with each other thus diluting the energy so I do not think the equal and opposite argument stands.

Then they analyzed and explained how mainstream media stood by — or in some cases colluded — while deniers turned a clear issue of science (and an issue for public safety) into a partisan argument that no one could win.

Everywhere the opposition is forced by statute to make its stand not on climate change arguments, but on old grounds.

With only a few plucky, obviously highly partisan contrarian scientists to stand against it, using vague arguments that due primarily to reasons of conspiracy - driven suppression are unfortunately poorly supported by the peer review literature...

The arguments must stand or fall by themselves.

Really understand the law, the standard of review, and tests that deal with your issues — and you need to make sure you don't forget to pay attention to the floodgate arguments such as standing, jurisdiction, invited error, waiver, and so on, which you can only be called «sloppy» by not paying attention to.

The Government offered a number of chutzpah - like arguments: (a) the action is barred either by a statute of limitations or by laches; (2) the obligations under s. 31 were discretionary, not obligatory; and, (3) the Manitoba Métis Federation did not have standing as a party to the suit.

Concerning, prosecution argument (iii), Bingham f lags up his concerns that the criminal courts have sadly slid down the slippery slope to the point where, as here, witnesses can give anonymous evidence, with the assistance of excessively draconian «protective measures», which cumulatively consign the defendant's right to a fair trial, to the legal dustbin, «by a series of small steps, largely unobjectionable on their own facts, the courts have arrived at a position which is irreconcilable with long - standing principle.»

Such arguments stand to be tested in Indiana and around the country in the next eight months as Democrats defend Senate seats in 10 states that Donald Trump won in 2016, including Indiana and four other states Trump won by double digits.

Their arguments range from mining profitability to node centralization, which they stand by despite extensive analyses that suggest block size has nothing to do with any of these issues.

This did not end here: as can be seen in a video uploaded by other attendees, Buterin stood up and addressed some of these problematic claims, and dropped the ball by saying, «Given that [Wright] makes so many non-sequiturs [an invalid argument] at this stage, why is this fraud allowed to speak at this conference?»

All these arguments stand as evidence that psychologists by reason of their training do not know what constitutes legal authority, do not understand or appreciate the justice system, and do not belong in courts of law.