Sentence examples for are contested for from inspiring English sources

Questions such as whether to move to an elected upper house or a proportional electoral system are contested for good reasons - such changes would rebalance our system of government in fundamental ways, and have costs as well as benefits.

Unofficial returns show Jokowi in the lead, but if Prabowo refuses to concede and the election results are contested for weeks, there's a risk that paramilitary groups of the sort Congo was involved with will get involved.

The details of his crime would be contested for decades.

The South China Sea has been contested for centuries.

Bush will be debated and his image will be contested for a long time.

I know that was contested for a while," he said, to laughter and applause.

Zimmerman's not guilty verdict will be contested for years to come.

(This is contested, for the same reasons, by champions of the Morecambe Bay path).

In Britain the senior Camrose Trophy has been contested for several decades.

The findings can be contested for a $35 fee, to be refunded if an appeal is successful.

And there remains something particularly fraught about the whiteness of Italian-Americans, which has been contested for centuries.