Sentence examples for contention began from inspiring English sources

The point of contention began when Harvard peers claimed they had hired Zuckerberg to help them with the programming aspect of their social network idea, called ConnectU.

The contention began in late December after Beck wrote a letter to Google asking the company, which purchased Waze for $966 million in 2013, to review its police location feature, saying it could be, "misused by those with criminal intent to endanger police officers and the community".

The Angels are well out of playoff contention, beginning Thursday 15 1/2 games out in the American League West, but Scioscia said it's important for the team to finish strong.

In sidling up to this contention, we begin with an analogy.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — David Wilson did not seem to be aware that the Giants had been eliminated from postseason contention when he began talking to reporters.

At the heart of the dispute is Mr. Wyatt's contention that El Paso began imitating Enron in the late 1990's by creating complex partnerships that have helped it book millions of dollars in profits while keeping billions of dollars in debt off the balance sheet.

But four-time world champion Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand and defending champion Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic hauled themselves back into contention as Campbell began to fade.

With Prince Alfred excluded from contention, the search began for an alternative candidate.

And the contentions only begin there.

In 2007, it was Darfur that was being portrayed as a "climate war", after Ban Ki-moon's contention: "The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis arising at least in part from climate change".

At the heart of the latest court action is the contention that the abuses began on March 20 , 2003 the day that British forces entered Iraq, continued almost until the last British troops withdrew in 2009, and were encouraged by army training procedures.