Sentence examples similar to contending activity from inspiring English sources

It drew widespread attention when three parents filed a lawsuit several years ago contending that activities at the school violated their families' religious beliefs because of instances in which some children were playing a fantasy trading card game called Magic: The Gathering.

Iran contends its activities are peaceful.

Iran contends the activities are peaceful but its adversaries suspect they are a cover to develop the capability to make nuclear weapons.

He contends that activities at the group level -- beyond public company requirements like reporting numbers to investors -- should be restricted to a core set of five that enable and enhance business performance.

The New York Police Department yesterday asked a judge in Federal District Court to lift restrictions that curtail police monitoring of political activity, contending that the restrictions now significantly threaten to hamper its counterterrorism efforts.

The decision comes amid a particularly difficult environment for Wall Street firms, especially those that specialize in sales and trading, a business that is contending with decreased activity and profits.

Because politics is a competitive activity, contending groups often conceal their goals and strategies from potential opponents, so that the latter can't take action to thwart them.

The CPS said the US-based social network would help it contend with criminal activity such revenge pornography.

The Bush campaign and the Republican National Committee are filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission contending that the activities of the Kerry campaign and its supporters are illegal under the new McCain-Feingold campaign finance law and other sections of the code.

New York University's Lawrence White, in a paper published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives in 2002, contended that M&A activity explained neither the decline in concentration in the first half of the 1990s nor its rise in the second half.

The Crown Prosecution Service said the US-based social network would help it contend with criminal activity such as using the internet to post explicit images of former partners – an offence under the new revenge pornography laws – and the monitoring and stalking of victims using spyware and GPS.