Sentence examples for contentions around from inspiring English sources

The serious contentions around Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.

The contention around the subject is matched by contention about the vote itself.

Mr. Kerry, said one associate familiar with the plan, intended to begin calling the major candidates in contention around 7 a.m.

Contrast this lot with the likable spare parts Bobby Valentine revved into contention around the turn of the century.

It is in a similar vein to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood but with less contention around its ethics and more breadth.

"I just wanted to be in contention around Cape Horn and try and win in the Atlantic," Golding said in a satellite telephone interview Thursday.

The primary point of contention around Berkeley is whether Best had sustained a concussion in the game before his more serious injury.

11.23pm BST I'll get to a news story causing enormous contention around the corridors shortly, but first, the communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has popped on to the Alan Jones radio show in Sydney.

So taxidermy's actually a point of contention around here.

But even though the election is over, the contention around all of this politically themed merchandise has not ceased.

Despite the contention around NPEs, it was nice to see that we all agreed that more data is needed and that the patent system should be more transparent.