The phrase "contend with being" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It typically means to struggle with something that exists or is the case, such as a situation, a job, or a relationship. For example: "He had to contend with being in a relationship with someone who was always away on long business trips."
But he has to contend with being narrowcast still.
At 30, she's already a music-industry veteran, and has had to contend with being in and out of fashion.
Mr. Tozzoli said the association must also contend with being frequently confused with the World Trade Organization, the international body that sets trade rules and settles trade disputes.
Ennis now has to contend with being behind Russia's Tatyana Chernova, who beat her to heptathlon gold at the world championships last year.
"The director must contend with being at the mercy of a story that is beyond him," said Sophie Webel, head of the Dubuffet Foundation in Périgny-sur-Yerres, France, which was established by the artist in 1973 and today guards some 1,500 of his works, including the elements of "Coucou Bazar".
Whether it was Margaret Thatcher remarking that any man beyond the age of 26 should count himself a failure for travelling on the things or The Fatima Mansions cheerily singing that "Only Losers Take the Bus", its users have long had to contend with being judged second-class commuters.
"The biggest thing to contend with is probably a crash.
Often, the most terrible events your characters must contend with are accidental.
One problem that he had to contend with was the unvarnished racism of much of the historical material.
Another issue companies have to contend with is that their brands may already be in these virtual worlds, but illegally.
All he has to contend with are a record peacetime deficit, powerful vested interests and deep-rooted cultural inertia.
