Sentence examples for contentious pattern from inspiring English sources

Democratic activists in Iran may hope that the signing of the international nuclear deal will curb the country's regime from further militarizing the state and repressing the opposition, but I argue that it is more likely that Iran's leadership will continue their contentious pattern.

Evidence supporting that range sizes increase with latitude in the Palearctic and Nearctic above 40°-50°N 40°-50°N found in a number of terrestrial groups [ 26], but thasextent to which this is a general pattern remains contentious and has rarely been tested in a phylogenetic foundwork.

The presence of a circular musculature in the annelid ground pattern is a contentious issue [ 48, 49].

It is bold, contentious and challenges convention.

This lack of a consistent pattern has contributed to the contentious debate on the nature of canalization and developmental stability [4].

But the agreement with Newark may also set the pattern for settling similar, but more contentious, disputes that the port agency has had with New York City over extending the leases to operate La Guardia and Kennedy Airports.

This pattern of causality is not very contentious: for example, if we (as efficient cause) bake a cake, then we order a number of intermediate causes (mixer, oven, and so on) to the end of the baked cake.

But the practice has long been contentious.

One proposal is that it is possible to side-step the contentious species designations and make use of corroborated phylogenetic patterns (e.g., Faith and Baker, 2006).

The data on declining immigration from Mexico along with the projections on integration patterns for newer immigrants appear at a particularly contentious moment in the national immigration debate, with many sectors calling for tighter border controls and more deportations.

Bantarto Bandoro, a professor of international relations at Indonesia Defense University, said the failure to move forward on either issue reflected a broader pattern in which Asean members had been unwilling to tackle contentious issues.