Sentence examples for contended the project from inspiring English sources

The local community board unanimously recommended in February that the City Council, which will make the ultimate decision on the expansion plan because it requires zoning changes, reject the university's plan because, it contended, the project was too dense and tall and would mar the neighborhood's character.

But serious questions have been raised by legislators from New Jersey and Delaware as well as by environmental advocates who contend the project will be a waste of money at best and an environmental disaster at worst.

Native American and other protesters there contend the project will desecrate tribal lands, violate an 1851 treaty with the US government, and put their drinking water at risk.

The attorney for Harvey Cedars, Lawrence Shapiro, contended that the Project had added the value of security to the house, which offset the value of the lost view.

The tribe had also contended that the project would disturb sacred ground and violate a treaty with the federal government. .

Mr. Tang and the Nationalists contend that the project is crucial to Taiwan's economic health.

They contend that the project, with an estimated cost of $100 million, is intended to span the divide between Muslim and non-Muslim, not widen it.

He contends that the project conforms with all the rules of the Village Business zone and that the building -- the interior would be about 5,500 square feet -- is not out of scale with others in Sag Harbor.

The United States contends that the project constitutes the establishment of a new settlement in the West Bank, contrary to assurances by Netanyahu that no new settlements would be built.

Lawsuit contends the California bullet train project is violating state law.

The NAACP, with support from the Advancement Project, contends the law violates the constitutional right to vote and the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 ban on discrimination against racial minorities in elections.