Sentence examples for been contended from inspiring English sources

It has been contended, on the part of the plaintiffs, that the damages found by the jury are a matter fit for their consideration; but still the question remains, in what way ought the jury to have been directed?

Moreover, it has been contended that natural vegetation can respond only slowly to environmental change, so that the vegetation zones observable today are in part adjusted to past climates.

But such a view (it has been contended) cannot be seriously entertained, if only because it conflicts with the basic demand for system and order that underlies and governs all rational enquiry, all meaningful thought about the world.

It has been contended that tornadoes and their regular seasonal imminence have played a part in forming the American character, which, at least in the opinion of many Europeans, is tornadolike in its unpredictability, violence, and rapidity of change.

It is obvious from a literal reading of the above that § 2254 d) is applicable to the present situation although it has been contended that this should not be the case where a state appellate court, as opposed to a trial court, makes the pertinent factual findings.

Versailles has always been a controversial subject and it has long been contended that the Treaty imposed unnecessarily severe conditions upon the defeated nations, particularly Germany, and in large part can be held responsible for the outbreak of war in 1939.

It is contended that the order is void, because it is unsupported by evidence.

It has been contending with competition from Japan.

Lately I've been contending with what feels like two different sides of my practice.

Arizona has been contending with Mexican-American citizenship ever since Arizona was part of Mexico.

King Abdullah, an important American ally, has also been contending with an economic crisis.