Sentence examples for By contending from inspiring English sources

By contending that this election dispute was a mere "political, not legal" issue, Mr. Rosen goes to extremes in suggesting that the Supreme Court was wrong to intervene and stop the Florida recount.

By contending that the philosopher should eschew the grandiose ambition of providing a synoptic vision of the entire historical process and concern himself, instead, with the articulation and justification of existing historical procedures, Collingwood and his continental precursors made, in effect, a crucial contribution toward setting philosophy of history on a new path.

Nonetheless, Mirren's own strength was defined by contending with her mother's volatile intensity.

The corps responded by contending that the data used for the commission's study was incomplete.

The studio's lawyers blundered by contending that the ad simply represented the same buildings that Steinberg had drawn.

Perhaps Hindery knew he was overreaching by contending that Budill's letter implied Cablevision's agreement to pay the $2 fee.

Mr. Gertz managed to get the conviction overturned by contending that the trial had been enveloped by excessive publicity.

A lawyer for the Republican Party helped stir ethnic passions by contending that the recount was biased against Hispanic voters.

Mr. Saakashvili's supporters defend him by contending that he will not try to stay in power when his term expires in 2013.

During this period he wrote several articles about Hitler, stirring controversy by contending that Hitler was not only a systematic thinker but a genius as well.

Verizon and MetroPCS tried to sidestep that provision by contending that the rules modified their licenses to operate wireless broadband networks.