Sentence examples for contention in which from inspiring English sources

This action was the last and most interesting one of a long session of the committee, during which the silver men were beaten in every contention in which the sound-money men were interested.

This thesis demonstrates the direct contention in which China's advancements bring to the United States, clarifies the realities of this rivalry, and offers alternatives in relation to strategy and policies for each set of independent issues that the varying chapters address.

The arena hosted the gold medal game of the men's tournament three days later on 23 February – the final gold medal of the 2014 Games up for contention – in which Canada defeated Sweden by a score of 3 0.

The composition of the fad7 fad8 mutant line supports this contention, in which the mol% of 18 2 is almost 2-fold higher than that of wild-type membranes and this line exhibited the best growth at elevated temperature.

Ms. McLaughlin's not terribly original contention in "Helen," which is directed by the playwright Tony Kushner, is that it's not easy having a face that launches ships.

Now he's back in Oscar contention with Chocolat, in which Juliette Binoche sets about changing lives in a small French town.

And, in the process, leaving Porte with a full complement of team-mates and ensuring the Sky man was not disadvantaged in his desperate chase back into contention, a chase in which he was also aided by Orica's one-time Pink Jersey wearer Michael Matthews.

Blankenship isn't leading in the Senate primary, it seems, but he's in contention, which in itself seems remarkable.

In 1996, 15 years after his first shot at the Kentucky Derby, Mr. Black went back there, on In Contention, which was out of contention, coming in 16th.

A fundamental point of contention is the way in which government surveillance of public "safe spaces," such as mosques, impacts Muslim-Americans and Muslim communities here and abroad, jeopardizing their fair treatment and equal status.

The main area of contention was a scene in which Hoffman's wife, played by Susan George, appears to be enjoying sexual abuse by one of the builders working on their house.