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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'contention of being' is not correct and cannot be used in written English.
To phrase an idea more clearly, you can use alternative expressions such as 'assertion of', 'claim of', 'assertion that', 'claiming to be', 'stating that', or 'alleging that'. For example, "The defendant made a contention of being innocent of all charges" could be rephrased as "The defendant asserted his innocence of all charges".
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He wanted to sound firm and forceful, but his voice rose when he insisted his opponent's contention of being a fiscal conservative was "just not credible".
In view of the film's opening contention of being a true story, the care that Mr. Costa-Gavras takes not ever to identify Chile by name is a bit disingenuous.
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The contention of Corbynism is that all these careful studies are just wrong.
But direct evidence supporting an anticancer contention of garlic was weak22,23.
That contention, of course, is that he did not lie under oath about having a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns, and the beauties of the ancients.
The recipe for a classic gazpacho is fairly flexible, the main bone of contention being the inclusion of bread.
Shift of power is the central contention of politics, that's what it's all about.
The primary point of contention is of course going to be Negan surviving to swing Lucille another day.
The two major points of contention are lack of a standard terminology and difficulty in spotting exclusions".
One point of contention is the timing of different sets of elections.
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