Sentence examples similar to contentions were raised from inspiring English sources

A similar contention was raised yesterday in a British Medical Journal blog by Martin McKee, professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The contentions which are raised by petitioners to avoid their conviction were not dealt with in our prior decision which upheld the act's validity upon demurrer to an earlier indictment which charged its violation.

If that were all, the petitioner's contention that the federal question was raised at the earliest opportunity well might be sustained; but it is not all.

The public option has been raised as a bone of contention by several of the more conservative Democratic senators.

Article 14 of the Constitution has been raised as a point of contention in relation to the defence of qualified privilege.

The bar will be raised and the higher the bar, the less people in contention.

"I affirm to you that we are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace," he said, a contention Israeli officials would reject.

On the contrary, it is apparent from the record that such a contention was not raised in the state court.

Those contentions were rejected.

Because of the failure to allege residency in 1966, their standing to raise such contentions is questionable.

These contentions are untenable.