Sentence examples for contending that this from inspiring English sources

A shareholder sued in Delaware court, contending that this provision required Activision Blizzard's shareholders to vote on the transaction.

They want to expand the fishing rights of local Indians, contending that this is the best way to get their youth off welfare.

Mr. Hirst defends his decision, contending that this might have been the way things really happened, and that Henry would have covered it up.

Police officials on Wednesday again rejected claims that their own intelligence agents were inciting confrontation at protests, with some demonstrators contending that this was a strategy for cracking down on street dissent.

By contending that this election dispute was a mere "political, not legal" issue, Mr. Rosen goes to extremes in suggesting that the Supreme Court was wrong to intervene and stop the Florida recount.

He pointed to the European flavor of some of Mr. Obama's health and regulatory policies, and to the more pro-American mindset of the current crop of French, German and British leaders, contending that this moment was unusually ripe for trans-Atlantic cooperation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration said Thursday that the Federal Reserve should be given sweeping new powers to protect the integrity of the financial system, contending that this year's market turmoil had exposed a badly outdated regulatory system.

But the other three signed a concurring opinion contending that this week's decision found only large-scale manufacture and distribution of marijuana illegal and did not address the issue of whether individual patients could obtain and use the drug for medical purposes.

Bagehot contends that this obscurity matters.

Stefansson contends that this statement is untrue.

Critics contended that this session was all for show.