Sentence examples for contention that much from inspiring English sources

I certainly buy Fisher's contention that much of what we do or feel, in the game of love, has primal origins.

They cite the musicologist Alan Tyson's contention that much of "A Musical Joke" was written before Leopold's death on May 28.

As will Peru, who with a couple of home victories have hauled themselves into contention for that much-contested play-off slot.

This has helped support the contention among researchers that much chronic disease among minority groups is caused not by genes, but by something else.

Francis W. Galligan, the diocese's chief financial officer, disputed Mrs. Samide's contention that as much as $300,000 was missing from the parish.

Patrick A. McCarthy expands on this idea of a non-linear, digressive narrative with the contention that "throughout much of Finnegans Wake, what appears to be an attempt to tell a story is often diverted, interrupted, or reshaped into something else, for example a commentary on a narrative with conflicting or unverifiable details".

They compete with each other for the world's attention, and they are in contention with much that has gone before.

But the available evidence did not lend that contention much support.

The matter has touched off so much contention that three members of the foundation's board resigned two weeks ago when it came up for a vote.

At the heart of the dispute is New York's contention that New Jersey will get much more than its fair share of Port Authority resources if the agency approves a 30-year lease to the Maersk Sealand shipping line.

On the issue of restoration of some paintings, Mr. Sgarbi said that Mr. Genocchio's contention that restorers had "destroyed much of the original color and brushwork" was "an insult to the experts who have given Italy a deserved reputation for restoration work".