Sentence examples for contention is right from inspiring English sources

The problem with the recent spate of liberal-minded documentaries is that, even when their basic contention is right — or because they know it to be right — they tighten helplessly into smugness.

If, for argument's sake, she is right in her contention that Mr. Russo and others were wrongly convicted in cases overseen by a corrupt federal agent, it is at least possible that the men she is trying to help are guilty of other crimes.

The other area of contention is contract rights, where the owners are proposing to make players wait an extra year to become eligible for free agency, and to make it more difficult to go to salary arbitration.

If the Government is right in its contentions, the videotape offers a unique view into a price-fixing conspiracy on a giant scale, involving every major company in the business of producing the additive, which is called lysine.

Anyway, FAIR's contention is that "the right's critique is driving the journalism -- no matter what the facts say".

The most recent point of contention is the water rights owned by GGC.

When I tried to confirm this account with Johnson, he said only, "There's been different talks". The most recent point of contention is the water rights owned by GGC.

Bogeyed 15 and birdied 16 and parred on the rest, and even on that back nine in contention was all right".

"The goal this week was obviously to see some improvement, to get some competitive rounds and get into contention and I'm right there heading into the weekend," he said.

There too, despite doubt, the nation was invited to accept the administration's contention that it was right about the danger to the country posed by the Saddam Hussein regime.

Yet another contention is that the international human rights movement indicates substantial moral agreement (see Donnelly 2013: ch. 4).