Sentence examples for contention against from inspiring English sources

He headed Liverpool back into contention against Milan in the 2007 Champions League final, too.

The shooting touch that kept Austin Peay in contention against Kentucky through most of the second half failed the Governors down the stretch yesterday.

Toulon could become the first side to win three successive European titles after Leigh Halfpenny kept them in contention against Leinster with his boot.

The main contention against the proposal was a clause that would place workers hired after January 2012 in a retirement plan based on company contributions instead of in a traditional pension.

The way this useful bumper horse had tanked into contention against a smart rival on his hurdling debut leaves no doubt that he will repay that patience, when switched to fences this season.

However, he said "in retrospect" Rudd should have gone to the polls sooner because the initial honeymoon which put Labor back in contention against Abbott could not, in the end, be sustained.

The main contentions against a national human rights act for Australia rarely, if ever, make much sense.

This may however, be problematic in populations with religious contentions against vaccinations.

Poems on Various Subjects provided a powerful argument against the proslavery contention that the failure of African peoples to write serious literature was proof of their intellectual inadequacies and their fitness for enslavement.

"It's important for the court to focus on the boldness of their plan," Mr. Sullivan said today, arguing against Microsoft's contention that the remedy should be limited because the states could not prove that the illegal acts had actually bolstered its monopoly position.

Nicolás Otamendi is in contention to start against Bucharest after not being risked against Sunderland.