Sentence examples for contended that before from inspiring English sources

Amgen contended that before the plaintiffs could have their class approved, they had to prove that the alleged misrepresentations were material in affecting the stock price.

Witnesses and Democratic senators contended that, before becoming a judge, Rehnquist had engaged in activities designed to discourage minorities from voting.

T. H. Watkins, former editor of the society's magazine, Wilderness, contended that before Marshall and the Society there was "no true movement" for the preservation of the nation's roadless and primitive areas.

In essence, gestural theorists contend that long before early humans spoke they jabbered away with their hands.

Before the incident, CAIR released a statement contending that local law enforcement weren't doing enough to protect the Muslim community from attacks.

Mr. Quattrone contends that before he sent the e-mail message, he was not asked to suspend the normal policy encouraging routine destruction of some documents.

Mr. Holding contends that before buying Snowbasin, he approached the Forest Service about trading land at the resort's base for land elsewhere.

In "The Twilight Years," his thought-­provoking and illuminating new study of the interwar period, Richard Overy contends that before 1914 the British believed they had conquered the world and would rule it forever.

Indeed, many Iraqi opposition leaders and experts contend that before an invasion begins, the United States should offer a general amnesty for the vast majority of Iraqi military and government officials.

Most important, they contend that before he was replaced as chief of the joint operating agency last week by The Tribune's new owner, Mr. Welch was putting up costly roadblocks to their plan to change The Deseret News to morning publication, a move they regarded as necessary if the paper was to thrive.

The abiotic theory, on the other hand, contends that before life began on Earth, the chemical soup already contained mostly L amino acids, and organisms evolved to use that form.