Sentence examples for contends by from inspiring English sources

They do this largely, the report contends, by placing advertising in publications and television broadcasts that appeal to youth.

Instead of helping professionalize teaching, the organization has demeaned it, Gloria Ladsof-Billings of the University of Wisconsin contends, by promoting "teaching as volunteer work".

That would be the glee-free being glimpsed in Cecil B. DeMille's "Ten Commandments" (1956), or rather, not glimpsed; Moses, played by Charlton Heston, contends by turns with a pillar of light, animated lightning bolts and a Voice.

The two did this, the lawsuit contends, by submitting phony invoices for maintenance services or materials provided by nonexistent companies, or by overbilling for maintenance actually done by a company owned by Mr. Hamberg.

Closing the downtown Sungshan Domestic Airport and sending planes to the outlying Chiang Kai-shek International Airport could revive the city's economy, Mr. Lee contends, by opening the way for taller buildings, which are currently banned for air safety reasons.

His theory is proven, he contends, by the existence of the inverse of social connectedness: loneliness.

It will not thrive, either, his critics contend, by shedding the principles supposed to define it.

MR. ALTER provides ample evidence that Mr. Obama is not a "socialist," as contended by some conservative commentators.

The government was also negligent, the plaintiffs further contended, by not having adequate equipment on hand to fight that fire.

It is hardly an exact science, but one can almost evaluate a team's chances of contending by listing how many things must go right.

In response, China threatened to withdraw from international arms control talks and retaliated, many China experts contend, by selling medium-range missiles to Pakistan.