Sentence examples for contended in a from inspiring English sources

Greece might not need to print new drachmas right away, economists at Capital Economics contended in a paper this year.

Camille Paglia, for instance, contended in a Time article that MacKinnon and Dworkin's fears about sexual harassment were overstated.

Now, Mr. Lazio contended in a speech here, she had no choice but to abide by her promise.

Representatives for Mr. Rawl, 64, a former judge, contended in a hearing in Columbia that the primary results were so rife with irregularities that they should be discarded.

It contended in a report that sugar, soybeans and palm oil were the three crops producing the fiercest competition for land by large, often foreign, investors.

(The Justice Department contended in a terrorism-related trial last fall that more than 20 men had left Minnesota for Somalia since 2007 to join the Shabab).

At the time, "it was a place of opportunity," Mr. Seaga contended in an interview.

"Not much," Mr. Schwartz contended in an interview from his office in Manhattan.

The bank had previously tried to conceal the deteriorating value of its holdings by improper accounting practices, the shareholders contended in an amended complaint filed in December 2008.

Merrill analysts praised corporate clients in public while disparaging their prospects in private, Mr. Spitzer contended in an affidavit filed in New York State Supreme Court.

The cigarette makers contended in an appeal filed in Washington that the lower court's ruling "promises to serve as a catalyst" for those lawsuits.