I say this judging by their own oft-stated standards, not mine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank Schaeffer: Republicans Hijack Religion in Health Care Debate] Reference

That's an oft-stated goal for IT departments, but one few achieve.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM's Tech Czar Is Driving Change] Reference

One of Fox's oft-stated commitments is to reduce government corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyd Mexico Economic Report - August 2000] Reference

Did hear Kaine repeat the oft-stated fabrication about cuts in Medicare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thank You] Reference

And he repeated his oft-stated commitment to drilling off Virginia's coast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuccinelli calls for environmental, economic balance at energy conference] Reference

Q Whatever became of the President's oft-stated refrain, save Social Security first?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing] Reference

Iran's oft-stated nuclear ambitions remain the single greatest threat to world peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alexander Barnes: Geneva: The New Munich?] Reference

Most of all, last week's decision betrayed his oft-stated belief in the sanctity of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Was the Veto of a Lifetime] Reference

The oft-stated national goal of reaching the second round, well, that was then, this is now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mission Accomplished, But ...] Reference

None of these complaints makes much sense in light of Rubin's record and his oft-stated views.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Defense of Robert Rubin] Reference

Truly, the oft-stated prediction of the previous year has come true: we live in a different world.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World Is Born] Reference

My oft-stated belief is that legal immigration should favor the high-skilled over the low-skilled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Importing Poverty] Reference

Obama's oft-stated goal is to restore the United States as the leader in college attainment by 2020.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama On The Road To Promote Higher Ed, Raise Cash] Reference

You chose not to permit a popular President Elect to do what seemed contrary to his oft-stated vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh [Ed] Henry! Change we can believe in] Reference

He repeated an oft-stated view that China provides a model for the North 's isolation-minded government.    From Wordnik.com.  ['] Reference

MR. LOCKHART: No plans that I'm aware of, and no change in the oft-stated McCurry wisdom on this subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Mallett And Lockhart] Reference

His oft-stated claim is he not running for anything has made his politically bullet-proof, also, if you will.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference

Should North Korea demonstrate real commitment to denuclearization, and its own oft-stated desire for a nuclear-free.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Release from the Minister for Foreign Affairs: North Korea: Six-Party Talks] Reference

Last week the Obama administration announced a reversal of its oft-stated campaign position on offshore oil drilling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil and Trouble] Reference

There is an oft-stated Taliban contention that ". . . you Westerners have all of the watches, but we have all of the time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask a stupid question...get a couple of clear answers] Reference

It is an oft-stated maxim that any fire on board an aircraft carrier which lasts more than forty seconds means serious trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carrie]

Abbie would've definitely laughed himself silly at the oft-stated idea that, in fact, "Bill Clinton was our First Black President.".    From Wordnik.com.  [John Eskow: Time Has Come Today: Or, What Would Abbie Do?] Reference

Still, 2: 3 for a 2015 entry into service is pretty poor really, especially given NASA's oft-stated 'full confidence' in the design.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBO on Ares, Orion, and Shuttle - NASA Watch] Reference

His recent investments will ultimately prove the wisdom of his oft-stated preference to "be approximately right than precisely wrong.".    From Wordnik.com.  [We'll Put Our Money on Omaha's Sage] Reference

CROWLEY: Amidst the celebration, Barack Obama took a kind of time-out to begin work on one of his oft-stated goal, changing the culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2009] Reference

CROWLEY: Amidst the celebration, Barack Obama took a kind of time-out to begin work on one of his oft-stated goals: changing the culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2009] Reference

Now, if they will only back me up on my oft-stated claim that JE was not the END but only a Humperdinck and let the Doctor go to Rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Who: Greatest Moments: The Companions] Reference

Sorry, but in accordance with their oft-stated aims, the Arabs want the removal of Israel in its entirety, for all the rest is commentary.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

And he came across as convincing when he made his oft-stated case that there's no reason strong enough to toss someone with his experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [CT-SEN] Reference

As far as how that might work, I'm going to fall back to the oft-stated previous line that I'm not going to get into negotiating a censure deal from here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference

Who: Chromeo, the '80s-loving Canadian electro duo with an oft-stated fondness for Hall and Oates; Daryl Hall even performed with them at Bonnaroo this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your guide to the FreeFest Dance Forest] Reference

His oft-stated "adherence to principle" dissolves on various domestic issues, where his lack of interest has left him with little sense of the policy choices.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Very Human Hero] Reference

A new report from the Lumina Foundation for Education says the nation is making scant progress toward the oft-stated goal of regaining the world lead in college completion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report: U.S. won't regain grad lead anytime soon] Reference