Sentence examples for contention one from inspiring English sources

The atmosphere suited Daly, and it is fitting that he will begin the final round in contention, one of many players with a chance to win.

That will matter less to a jury than whether the government can prove its contention, one lawyer not involved in the case said.

The Falcons, projected as a bottom-feeder this season, are in playoff contention, one game out of first place in the N.F.C. South.

Just like that, with Kuznetsova out of contention, one of the Serbs was guaranteed to grab the top spot, after a trail blazed by the Serbian-born Monica Seles, who represented Yugoslavia before becoming an American citizen.

Sunday's champagne and Landis' fifth yellow jersey of the Tour were possible thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime ride Thursday in the Alps that put the Phonak team leader back in contention, one day after a disastrous ride dropped him from first to 11th, more than eight minutes back.

Froman attempted to quell critics by explaining on Tuesday that organized labor had been given more access to trade documents and staff briefings than other special interests -- a contention one meeting participant told HuffPost is "just downright silly".

However, Watney is last on five over, while Mickelson and Snedeker are in contention on one under and two under respectively.

Of the films in contention, ones to watch out for include Lynn Shelton's Touchy Feely (the story of a massage therapist who develops an aversion to bodily contact), and Martha Shane and Lana Wilson's After Tiller, a documentary profiling four US doctors who continue to conduct late-term abortions, despite the murder of their colleague Dr George Tiller, by anti-abortion activists.

More generally, it casts doubt on Kitcher's contention that one can begin with the notion of explanatory unification, understood in a way that does not presuppose causal notions, and use it to derive the content of causal judgments.

Whether the government is on the right path is a point of contention, but on one point, everyone I interviewed agrees.

Consider the route, always a point of contention, which one might expect given that last year up to one million people crammed the narrow streets of Notting Hill.