Sentence examples for being contested in a from inspiring English sources

This final Group D match was being contested in a fever-pitch atmosphere that gave it the feel of a late-game goal chase with only seconds remaining.

While the panels and mosaics disappeared during the war (one mosaic surfaced in Germany in 1997, and its ownership is being contested in a German court), the Russians were able to whisk most of the 100 or so objects in the Amber Room collection to safety in Siberia.

Whether the country now follows the continental trend towards centre-right government or remains a bastion for the left is being contested in an unusually dirty campaign.

Its powers could be contested in a court.

The next America's Cup will be contested in a new class of 72-foot catamarans.

BMW Oracle has since decided that the 2013 Cup, the 34th, will be contested in a new class of 72-foot catamarans with wing sails, putting an end — for now — to the Cup's monohull era.

During the Atlanta Games, whitewater remained a fringe sport in both senses of the term as the events were contested in a different state: just across the border on the Ocoee River in Copperhill, Tenn.

The ownership of Graham's dances has been contested in a suit against the center brought in March 2001 by Ronald Protas, Graham's heir, and the Martha Graham Trust, the licensing agent for the dances.

Reformists won 226 of the 290 seats in Parliament in the first round of the elections on February 18. Sixty-four seats remain to be contested in a runoff on April 21.

The accident led to a series of rule changes designed to increase safety, along with a major reduction in wind limits for racing, which meant that a regatta initially designed to be contested in a wide range of weather conditions became much more susceptible to delays.

It is as basic as running; it has broad global appeal, with governing bodies in 180 countries and a power base that extends from the United States to Russia to Japan to India to Iran; and it is contested in a small area that is easily depicted on TV.