Sentence examples for contentious position from inspiring English sources

Of the two letters, Mr. Specter's stakes out the more contentious position.

Of course it is right that teachers and others should be forbidden in schools to promote any contentious position.

The Test and one-day squads will be announced on Friday and the most contentious position is Alastair Cook's partner to open the batting.

Should the attempt succeed, David Cameron will be placed in the contentious position of forcing through the Bill with a rare use of the Parliament Act or abandoning the current legislation altogether.

Sheens had been keen to play his cards close to his chest over the contentious position but Tate's axing was revealed when tournament officials announced Australia's 19-man squad on Thursday, despite the Kangaroos initially naming 20 players.

That prompted the three-member panel of judges to question US lawyers over the Obama administration's apparent unwillingness to use its diplomatic muscle to force the UN to shift its contentious position.

"That's one of the most contentious positions," Sheens said.

He has gained some notoriety at home and abroad, particularly for the contentious positions he has taken on Israel's Arab citizens.

Gareth Hock has been given the nod for one of the few contentious positions in England's team for the opening game of the World Cup against Papua New Guinea on Saturday after convincing the coach, Tony Smith, that his wild days are behind him.

And it wasn't even one of these contentious positions that led to his withdrawal as commencement speaker at his med-school alma mater, Johns Hopkins in that case, students protested the time he equated gay people with NAMBLA and people who practice bestiality.

He took a contentious progressive position when 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle was fatally shot on 1 July on San Francisco's waterfront by an undocumented immigrant who was also a repeat felon.