Sentence examples for contention made from inspiring English sources

Goodell took issue with a contention made by Smith that the share of revenue going to players has gone down since the 2006 deal was struck.

The Yankees, again out of pennant contention, made the most of the occasion with pregame festivities, including a fungo-hitting contest.

In its ruling, the Constitutional Council found that the law would not create a "right to a child" for same-sex couples, a contention made by some opponents of the legislation.

In fact, OAO-2 continued to operate until 1973 and decisively supported Dr. Code's contention, made a week after its launching in 1968, that "a fully automated observatory like this is a good idea; we know it works".

I believe the founding fathers would turn over in their graves at the absurd contention, made by some, that it would violate the First Amendment to deny a federal office seeker the opportunity to buy what the 1934 law calls, without defining, "a reasonable amount of time".

Nicklaus's charge, carding 30 on the back nine, and Greg Norman's bogey on the 18th (after four straight birdies had brought the overnight leader back into contention) made Nicklaus the oldest Masters champion in history at 46. Gene Sarazen is widely regarded as hitting the shot that made the Masters what it is today.

Former President Carlos Menem, another Peronist who espoused a neoliberal model, dropped out of contention, making a runoff unnecessary.

When you are of many minds, the contention makes someone who has been not exactly what one wanted, who doesn't yet count, the only person to be told.

That result eliminated the Seattle Mariners from playoff contention, making their 4-1 victoverover the Angels in the regular-season finale moot.

Unfortunately, the systematics of Lysmata and the Hippolytidae itself are in contention, making it difficult to examine these taxa for trends in life history traits.

And it's ripe for a fisking, so let's attempt to enumerate the contentions made by Kinsley here.