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Example sentences for "this proposition"

  • This proposition we assert when we say that Socrates is a man.

  • This proposition, considered only as a definition, is indisputably correct.

  • It is true that in this proposition, besides the assertion that John Nokes died yesterday, there is included another assertion, namely, that John Nokes was mayor of the town.

  • This proposition applies no doubt to a number of other acute affections, but in no one among them all is it so important to be regarded as in yellow fever.

  • That the converse of this proposition applies to cholera is sustained by the whole history of the disease.

  • This proposition is undeniable, since no intensification of the poison is produced by any degree of crowding of the sick which can be practised; neither do any conditions of contact with the sick ever impart malarial affections.

  • This proposition, equally important to our adopted citizens and to the commercial interests of this country, has been favorably entertained and agreed to by all the governments from whom replies have been received.

  • The whole number to be furnished within twenty days from date of notice of the acceptance of this proposition.

  • This proposition is a simple truth, and is too important to be lost sight of for a moment.

  • This proposition can be trusted on the mutual interests involved.

  • There is no doubt that, under certain limitations, this proposition is correct.

  • This proposition seems to me to be indisputable.

  • This proposition is a most important one, and therefore its establishment needs to be inquired into with the greatest particularity.

  • The importance of this proposition is apparent when we consider that the Negroes in this country are a thoroughly mixed people.

  • In substantiation of this proposition it is claimed that the greater number of Negroes who have attained distinction have been those of mixed blood.

  • The policy of government being adverse to this proposition, General Greene was under the necessity of refusing his assent to it, and the British general continued to supply his wants by force.

  • This proposition continued to be supported with a degree of earnestness which its opponents termed pertinacious, but not a single opinion was changed.

  • This proposition embodies an article of faith.

  • This proposition is held by a majority of Catholic theologians (sententia communior).

  • This proposition may be technically qualified as fidei proxima saltem.

  • Thus have I shewed you the truth of this proposition: Before I proceede farther, ’tis requisite that I informe the Reader, what method I shall follow in the proving of this chiefe assertion, that there is a World in the Moone.

  • I shall not need to stand long in the proofe of this proposition, since it is a truth already agreed on by the generall consent of the most and the best Philosophers.

  • They wish to hold to this proposition: that property is a fact; that it always has been, and always will be.

  • Proudhon abstained from voting on this proposition.

  • This proposition is the logical result of the two preceding sections, which we have just summed up.

  • Here he also admits: "This proposition would be dangerous and dark if I had said without any distinction and explanation: Good works are necessary to salvation.

  • This proposition is false, therefore I relinquish this mode of speech.

  • By this proposition is meant, for example, that a farmer who paid money rent, used borrowed capital, and employed hired labourers, made a higher percentage of profits than a farmer of whom any one of these suppositions did not hold true.

  • This proposition may, at first, appear to be opposed to a widely-spread belief; but its soundness can be fully supported.

  • This proposition is true with regard to changes in the prices of particular commodities.

  • In the "books" example, this Proposition would be "No old books exist".

  • In the "books" example, this Proposition would be "No old English books exist".

  • In the "books" example, this Proposition would be "Some old English books exist".

  • In the "books" example, this Proposition would be "Some old books exist".

  • The Committee will refer to one fact in illustration of the truth of this proposition.

  • Scarcely a day passes without fresh evidences of the truth of this proposition.

  • This proposition, however, upon inquiry, we find Mr Hartley does not incline to subscribe to, before he sends it to his Court for their orders.

  • On this proposition Mr Jay can offer nothing, but an assurance of his being ready to concur in every reasonable regulation that may be proposed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this proposition" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    central position; natural power; quiet voice; this argument; this battle; this belief; this case; this condition; this country; this direction; this early; this event; this first; this general; this girl; this journey; this lady; this law; this office; this passage; this should; this style; this term; this treaty; this village; this voyage