Sentence examples for broad contention from inspiring English sources

As our construction of the act of Congress determines the question presented for decision, it becomes unnecessary to review the cases which have been called to our attention supporting, on the one hand, or denying, on the other, the broad contention that title by adverse possession, under state statutes of limitation, may be acquired by individuals to land within the right of way of a railroad.

The United Nations review is emblematic of the broader contention over human rights in China.

What has been said disposes also of the broader contention that the whole deportation proceeding was void ab initio, because without the report of Bilokumsky's examination there was lacking probable cause for issuance of the warrant of arrest.

Ruling that a seller is one who solicits securities sales for financial gain, we rejected the broader contention, "grounded in tort doctrine," that persons who participate in the sale can also be deemed sellers.

The well-established peyote exception also fatally undermines the Government's broader contention that the Controlled Substances Act establishes a closed regulatory system that admits of no exceptions under RFRA.

The investigation, trial and conviction of Mr. Siegelman, a veteran politician, has become a flash point for broader Democratic contentions that politics has influenced decisions by the Justice Department under President Bush, including the firings of several United States attorneys, and other federal prosecutions besides Mr. Siegelman's.

The broad lines of contention had already been drawn in June during one of Belgium's most polarised general elections in years.

The broader issues in contention would be deferred until Congress takes up the next farm bill, most likely in 2012.

They characterized the attacks by the Obama campaign as nitpicking over "verb tenses," saying the examination distracted from the broader issue — their contention that Mr. Obama was willfully ignoring evidence of progress in Iraq.

Another point of contention is Broad's collection.

And she rejects the contention that broader exemptions for birth control are required under a 1993 law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.