Sentence examples for contended in a statement from inspiring English sources

The city's Campaign Finance Board, which is defending the current formula, contended in a statement yesterday that the matching system is promoting democracy in the city.

Brazil's Institutional Security Cabinet, which oversees the nation's intelligence activities, contended in a statement on Monday that the spying operations, involving relatively basic surveillance about a decade ago of diplomats and diplomatic properties in Brazil, were "in absolute compliance" with legislation governing such practices.

("Thoughts have a small amount of mass," the church contends in a statement. "These are the changes measured").

While Ford declined to comment on SafetyForum.com's work, Firestone seized on the limited sample size, contending in a statement this evening, "That is much too small a universe of tires on which to base such conclusions and such serious allegations".

In criticizing the report, the American Bankers Association makes a remarkably similar argument, contending in a statement that "what their report doesn't say is that arbitration is one of the fairest, most efficient methods for resolving complex disputes between consumers and businesses of all kinds, including lenders.

Amnesty International contended in a March 20 statement that the problems in the detention centers were symptoms of a larger lack of accountability and fairness in the justice system, in part because inmates often had little access to lawyers or even family visits.

Andersen also contended in its statement that there was no evidence that the firm's management in Chicago directed the destruction of documents in Houston.

Although News International contended in its statement that The Sun had obtained legitimately the information about the boy's medical condition and that it did not look at his medical records, Mr. Brown was skeptical.

Mr. Lewis contended in his closing statement that even the actions of an innocent person may seem suspicious when viewed in retrospect.

Although his lawyer, Michael E. Riley, will not cross-examine Mr. Jenoff until after the trial resumes next Wednesday, Mr. Riley contended in his opening statement last month that Mr. Jenoff's testimony about the rabbi's hiring him was a concoction.

Mr. Newman also contended in his opening statement that members of Judge Anderson's campaign committee were the ones who prepared, signed and filed the disclosure reports, and so she was not the one responsible for potential errors in them.