Expressions - Collocations of the word " assert "
| assert | 1) Yet here again political realities asserted themselves. 2) Corbett tried to assert himself once more. more assert sentences |
| assert a claim | 1) a person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. 2) Although the Democratic platform asserted a claim to the entire region, Polk was willing to compromise. more assert a claim sentences |
| assert a right | 1) Housing First asserts a right to housing. 2) The maximum either side could assert a right to is 10.5 nautical miles. more assert a right sentences |
| assert authority | 1) His goals were to assert the royal authority and make money. 2) This choice allowed him to assert authority over all his territories. more assert authority sentences |
| assert boldly | 1) But where Rome is unopposed the claims are asserted boldly . 2) 'We have found in the family registers of our fathers,' Joseph asserts boldly , 'that Togarma had ten sons . . . We are the sons of Khazar, the seventh. (p. 72) more assert boldly sentences |
| assert claim | 1) The government asserted four claims pursuant to three federal statutes. 2) But where Rome is unopposed the claims are asserted boldly. more assert claim sentences |
| assert confidently | 1) Don Juan asserted confidently that he had the firm support of numerous followers. 2) Mr. Manavi asserted confidently that the biggest threat to the 2014 elections was security. more assert confidently sentences |
| assert control | 1) The Tunisian army was reportedly struggling to assert control . 2) As such, it asserts control over the legislative agenda. more assert control sentences |
| assert directly | 1) Everything Pexton asserted directly or indirectly as a matter of fact was wrong . more assert directly sentences |
| assert dominance | 1) A study suggests that rats sniff each other to assert dominance . 2) Narcissists are egotistical and self-aggrandise to assert dominance over others. more assert dominance sentences |
| assert emphatically | 1) The director asserts emphatically that those were indeed Ricardo Montalban's real pecs. 2) 'Nothing,' Michael asserted emphatically . more assert emphatically sentences |
| assert existence | 1) Those asserting existence in a wide sense. 2) Some religions are monotheistic and assert the existence of a unique deity. more assert existence sentences |
| assert independence | 1) Sometimes anger is their way of asserting independence . 2) In 934, Sichuan again asserted independence . more assert independence sentences |
| assert it | 1) Writing down a proposition under certain circumstances asserts it . 2) However, other sources assert it occurred earlier. more assert it sentences |
| assert itself | 1) Crisis emerges when reality finally asserts itself . 2) Whenever it is broken musical freedom slowly asserts itself . more assert itself sentences |
| assert jurisdiction | 1) Massachusetts asserted jurisdiction , and prevailed after a boundary survey. 2) The F.B.I. can assert criminal jurisdiction in all of these circumstances. more assert jurisdiction sentences |
| assert oneself | 1) asserting oneself as a freeborn of the community. 2) How can one assert oneself properly on one's mother, or on women obviously very much older? more assert oneself sentences |
| assert ownership | 1) Pinterest's earlier terms of service ambiguously asserted ownership of user content. 2) The current owner of the home asserted ownership , and the slab was returned. more assert ownership sentences |
| assert patent | 1) We obtained reexamination of five of the asserted patents . 2) At trial, a jury found all of the asserted patents valid and infringed. more assert patent sentences |
| assert power | 1) asserting power over your neighbors builds resentment and hostility. 2) The tree is a trafficker 's way of asserting power . more assert power sentences |
| assert primacy | 1) Declaration 17 asserts the primacy of EU law. 2) This concrete universal unites universality and particularity and asserts the primacy of experience. more assert primacy sentences |
| assert privilege | 1) For example, only elders assert ecclesiastical privilege and confessional privilege. 2) Or will he assert executive privilege ? more assert privilege sentences |
| assert repeatedly | 1) Gleizes asserted repeatedly in his publications that human creation implies the total renunciation of external sensation. 2) He asserted repeatedly , that the most important and fundamental ART of war is, DECEPTION. more assert repeatedly sentences |
| assert right | 1) Housing First asserts a right to housing. 2) Opponents of such laws assert First Amendment rights . more assert right sentences |
| assert sovereignty | 1) Massachusetts continued to assert sovereignty in practice. 2) The constitution contained reforms and symbols intended to assert Irish sovereignty . more assert sovereignty sentences |
| assert superiority | 1) They perceived a chance to assert superiority . 2) Use money to buy friends and assert superiority . more assert superiority sentences |
| assert supremacy | 1) They were intent on controlling the freedmen and asserting white supremacy . 2) They also asserted the supremacy of the people over parliament. more assert supremacy sentences |
| assert that | 1) Note that assert () is sometimes used to catch runtime errors. 2) Many financial speculators will assert that 's the question -- but it really isn't. more assert that sentences |
| assert the importance of | 1) He asserted the importance of discipline and punctuality to the children. 2) Gatiss asserted the importance of achieving the correct tone for the character. more assert the importance of sentences |
| assert the independence of | 1) It is different from Cartesian dualism which asserts the independence of these opposites, disregarding their actual interaction. 2) Fadden remained a loyal partner of Menzies, though he was still keen to assert the independence of his party. more assert the independence of sentences |
| assert yourself | 1) You need to assert yourself , too. 2) You know the drill for asserting yourself . more assert yourself sentences |
| asserted | 1) Yet here again political realities asserted themselves. 2) The government asserted four claims pursuant to three federal statutes. more asserted sentences |
| asserting | 1) This is the particle character asserting itself. 2) Meanwhile, formerly quiet labor unions began asserting themselves rather forcefully. more asserting sentences |
| asserts | 1) Crisis emerges when reality finally asserts itself. 2) Whenever it is broken musical freedom slowly asserts itself. more asserts sentences |
| authority assert | 1) The local authority asserted that the threshold conditions, under which a care order could be made, had been met. 2) Burmese authorities asserted that Yettaw's visits were instigated by opposition groups as part of efforts to pressure and embarrass the Burmese government. more authority assert sentences |
| be able to assert | 1) He would wish to be able to assert a separateness and superiority. 2) The strength with which these are able to assert themselves is undermined through promise of paradise. more be able to assert sentences |
| be determined to assert | 1) The Right was determined to assert and maintain its power by almost any means possible. 2) Louis was determined to assert his own authority throughout the heartlands, and to keep Lothar confined to Italy. more be determined to assert sentences |
| be unable to assert | 1) If beings are unable to assert themselves because a right has been claimed, then they are the ones least able to resist. 2) We were unable to assert that the absence of timely quality care caused the deaths of these veterans, the report says. more be unable to assert sentences |
| boldly assert | 1) But where Rome is unopposed the claims are asserted boldly . 2) They boldly asserted that Californias gold belonged to them. more boldly assert sentences |
| claim assert | 1) This set of claims asserts non-existent requirements. 2) Depending upon the employment claim asserted , an employee may sue the non-profit itself. more claim assert sentences |
| confidently assert | 1) Don Juan asserted confidently that he had the firm support of numerous followers. 2) Mr. Manavi asserted confidently that the biggest threat to the 2014 elections was security. more confidently assert sentences |
| explicitly assert | 1) He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and baptism (cf. 2) Mill does not explicitly assert this implication of his holding the resemblance doctrine. more explicitly assert sentences |
| fail to assert | 1) It is failing to assert what is present, a miss. 2) He had failed to assert his position as head of the household and was thus frustrated. more fail to assert sentences |
| falsely assert | 1) In non-technical terms, a Type I error exists when I falsely assert a condition which does not exist. 2) He also falsely asserts that he only learned of Plame's identity as a CIA agent from reporter Tim Russert. more falsely assert sentences |
| firmly assert | 1) Hedi has firmly asserted himself at the house . 2) Bristol asserted firmly in the article that its over. more firmly assert sentences |
| frequently assert | 1) The Quran frequently asserts in its text that it is divinely ordained. 2) Social elitism, it is frequently asserted , effectively squeezes out working-class interests. more frequently assert sentences |
| merely assert | 1) The accusation doesn't merely assert evidence. 2) The reply of al-Husayn merely asserts fearlessness. more merely assert sentences |
| need to assert | 1) You need to assert yourself, too. 2) Maybe more men in Stockton need to assert themselves. more need to assert sentences |
| positively assert | 1) To assert positively and often arrogantly. 2) I can positively assert that nine-tenths of my friendship for him was made up of malice. more positively assert sentences |
| publicly assert | 1) Both governments finally adopted an intransigent stance, publicly asserting their own claims of sovereignty over the islets. 2) Fewer critics, but many privately, have been willing to publicly assert that Carter crossed the line into anti-Semitism. more publicly assert sentences |
| repeatedly assert | 1) Instead, Oswald repeatedly asserted his innocence. 2) He has repeatedly asserted that he is a target for assassination. more repeatedly assert sentences |
| seek to assert | 1) Russia sought to assert its territorial claims to the Balkans. 2) They sought to assert their title to land in the districts of their ancestors. more seek to assert sentences |
| simply assert | 1) The first argument simply asserts that social factors outweigh individual ones. 2) They are simply asserted without proof. more simply assert sentences |
| strongly assert | 1) You can strongly assert it , and I can strongly assert right back. 2) You can strongly assert it , and I can strongly assert right back. more strongly assert sentences |
| successfully assert | 1) Mumm-Ra stands up to and successfully asserts himself over the Ancient Spirits of Evil. 2) In practice, of course, there was no chance of Edward 11I successfully asserting his claim in 1328. more successfully assert sentences |
| try to assert | 1) Corbett tried to assert himself once more. 2) I was trying to assert myself by playing that shot . more try to assert sentences |
| wish to assert | 1) And Kant could hardly wish to assert that the difference lay in its truth. 2) It wishes to assert the autonomy of Africans and encompass the cultural uniqueness of all learners. more wish to assert sentences |
Expressions with the word assert
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