Sentence examples for change contended from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "has been a cause and a pretext for delaying democratic change," contended Ms. Khalaf Hunaidi, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents.

Proponents of the change contended that Brookhaven is simply too big for at-large council members to focus on all the zoning and other neighborhood issues the way district representatives would.

More than 20 Republican senators said they would not accept Mr. Clinton's proposed changes, contending that they would limit a defensive system too much.

Labor unions and advocates for low-wage workers have pushed for the changes, contending that the 37-year-old exemption improperly swept these workers, who care for many elderly and disabled Americans, into the same "companion" category as baby sitters.

But the insurers that want the tax law changed contend that when an American affiliate buys reinsurance from its Bermuda parent, the company is merely moving money from one pocket to another.

"Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change," he contended.

Climate change skeptics contended that the correspondence showed that scientists were manipulating or withholding information to advance the theory that the earth is warming as a result of human activity.

Those changes, critics contended, would have made it easier for the government to stack the board with its own members.

That change, many contend, would allow taxpayers to file their returns on postcards.

That change, prosecutors contend, showed Bonds's head growth, which they say is evidence of use of human growth hormone.

And they will continue to build strategies around those older weapons, even as the threats change, he contends.