Sentence examples for On contentions from inspiring English sources

The demonstration today centered on contentions that loopholes would prevent cuts in the use of fossil fuel.

Mr. Mandelbaum had sued the exchange after Federal regulators concluded that it had acted improperly when they fined Mr. Mandelbaum on contentions of trading violations.

Much opposition to the proceedings in the United States was based on contentions that Mr. Linnas had been tried in absentia on evidence largely supplied from Communist-ruled countries.

The resale value of the cars has plunged in recent years, along with sales of new automobiles, on contentions that Audi 5000's with automatic transmission are subject to sudden, unintended acceleration.

Olympus said on Tuesday that Mr. Takayama, who has contended he knew nothing of the scheme, was being sued for 500 million yen, or about $6.5 million, on contentions that he failed to meet his fiduciary duties as a director while the fraud was under way.

Representative Dan Miller, a Florida Republican who is chairman of the subcommittee, grilled Kenneth W. Prewitt, the bureau director, on contentions that the agency was unresponsive to requests by the General Accounting Office, Congress's auditing arm, and other bodies for information.

It is that widely held belief that connects to Sawhill's spot-on contention that the institution of marriage is evolving and must evolve.

He said that during negotiations, the two sides had come together on many points of contention on governance and funding.

Academic life and family life are both built on love — the love of learning, the love of other people — but they survive on contention, renewing and extending quarrels from one generation to the next.

Focusing on points of contention can be one way to do that.

He could be on contention for the FA Cup replay against West Ham on Tuesday.