Sentence examples for contentious change from inspiring English sources

The most contentious change took place at the New York Philharmonic with the coming of Lorin Maazel.

The long-debated and contentious change must still be approved by the national Geographic Names Council in October, but most consider that a foregone conclusion.

New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly to limit politicians to two consecutive terms on Tuesday, undoing a highly contentious change to the law pushed through by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg two years ago.

Ministers have dismissed as a "Marxist diatribe" a United Nations report calling on them to rethink a contentious change to housing benefit.

Which of the contentious changes in this week's budget will he pledge to reverse at the next election?

Calling the state's entitlement system "a runaway train," he has proposed contentious changes, including some of the most drastic Medicaid cuts in the nation.

The Coalition also shelved separate contentious changes to the Medicare safety net, while Labor confirmed its own U-turn on Gillard-era higher education savings.

Some of the more contentious changes -- on base rents, vacancy allowances and roommates -- are examined in this column, and other provisions will be discussed next week.

But the measure must still pass a national referendum next year -- a hurdle many political experts say will be difficult for such sweeping and contentious changes.

They said that their approach was a move toward the center rather than sticking to a position established last year with the passage of the House Republican budget, which included contentious changes to Medicare and Medicaid and deep domestic spending reductions.

The National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, which on Monday received funding certainty to the tune of $1.5bn over 10 years, had been used as a bargaining chip by former education minister, Christopher Pyne, to pass contentious changes to university funding.