Sentence examples for before contending from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gore attacked the Bradley plan, as he often has before, contending that it provided too little money to buy the insurance plans it was supposed to furnish.

But it will be weaker than before, contending both with less loyal citizens at home, and, abroad, with other actors in the global space who will often undercut and outflank it.

Things didn't go to script though, the likes of Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey and Andrew Gaff failing to take the next step to become genuine stars and veterans Dean Cox and Darren Glass retiring before contending for another flag.

And as ad styles change from the placid banners to the intrusive pop-ups and interstitials, the software providers are pushing their way into the marketplace as never before, contending that their time has at last arrived.

"This will only create more of a crisis," said Fernando Llovera, a spokesman for Alejandro Toledo, who made a strong showing against Mr. Fujimori in the first round of the recent presidential election, before contending that the vote was fixed and dropping out of the race.

Regarding k, the larger k, the longer a node may need to wait before contending for channel access, which causes a channel waste especially if the link with the congested node is broken.

The Bush team, as it has argued before, contended finality of elections was more important.

Mr. Perkins, 47, who has run against Mr. Smitherman twice before, contends this effort will turn out differently.

But Goodyear did not recall the tires that it had produced before then, contending that the overall failure rate for the tires without the nylon cap was very low.

Before long, the contending voices of pirate studies had become a "cacophony," according to one academic.

South Africa had resisted efforts to bring Zimbabwe's political woes before the Security Council, contending that they were a domestic matter, not an international one.