Sentence examples for contended last from inspiring English sources

Investigators contended last November that Kraft employees signed documents requested by Fleming that were used to overstate sales.

Yet Wolfowitz himself contended last May that in Iraq the "criminal treatment" argument is "not a reason to put American kids' lives at risk".

Democratic leaders contended last night that the proposed reductions were too large and would threaten the government's ability to pay down debt that was built up between 1969 and 1997, when the government annually ran a deficit.

The party that closed a city block outside the restaurant Spago in Beverly Hills last night was not a fund-raiser, Democratic officials contended today.

She also contended last month at the Evian Championship, the year's fifth and final major.

But prosecutors contended last week that while the investigation was in its early stages, the evidence against Mr. Strauss-Kahn "is substantial" and "continues to grow every day".

Her chief campaign strategist, Mark Penn, contended last week that it was Mr. Obama, not Mrs. Clinton, who was running an "increasingly establishment-oriented campaign".

The plaintiffs' lawyers contended last fall that Coke executives had destroyed important hiring and compensation records, and had even purchased a shredder to speed up the process.

The inspector general contended last year that a Minneapolis doctor violated federal rules by having Medicare patients sign a "personal health care medical care contract".

She had contended last week that Mr. Yanukovich's campaign intended to steal the election, saying that she would call for mass protests in response, in a repeat of the Orange Revolution.

Pick: Packers Texans (2-0) at Ravens (1-1) 1 p.m. Sunday Line: Texans by 2 ½ The former Baltimore safety Ed Reed contended last week that it was not a big deal that injuries would keep him out of this game for Houston.