Sentence examples for contend if from inspiring English sources

Girardi will have many other issues with which to contend if he returns.

"I know I can contend if my game's on out there".

The excitement will come — the White Sox will contend if they pitch and hit like they can.

More people in wealthy countries could lead comfortable existences, the Skidelskys contend, if we did not all lift our arms in praise of one lonely virtue: economic gain.

You could even contend, if you wanted to stretch the point (and why not?), that narrow, persistent focus is a monoculture of mind.

His bravado was part of a strategy: jurors might not conclude he was the leader of a criminal enterprise, as prosecutors contend, if they believe that his co-defendants did not know how he was using their assistance.

The Mets are probably still a long way from really contending; if it was true a week ago, it is still true.

The Brewers still have reasonable hopes for contending if their pitchers - and struggling hitters like Corey Hart, Aramis Ramirez and Rickie Weeks - perform to career norms.

Economic growth does not matter, it contends, if the population is shrinking, as long as GDP per person is sufficient for a comfortable life.

The swings do not matter, Mr. Mortimer contended, if shareholders can keep pulling decent income out of them across a market cycle.

Surely, Mr Honegger contends, if his arrangement with GVC was not one of a joint venture partner, GVC might have been breaching its gambling licence terms with the Canadian authorities.