Sentence examples for contentious site from inspiring English sources

The building occupies a contentious site at Cooper Square, between Sixth and Seventh Streets, in the East Village.

He rejected proposals for shared sovereignty between Israelis and Palestinians over the most contentious site, Temple Mount, known by Muslims as Haram al Sharif.

If Mr. Abdul Rauf ever entertained thoughts of moving the planned center to a less contentious site — as he has admitted in interviews — Mr. Bloomberg's support for Park51 has since made that unthinkable.

Then the art world was stunned to learn last fall, from newspaper reports, that the Ministry of National Cultural Patrimony had agreed to Mr. Demjan's plan for a 70,000-square-foot art museum on the remote and contentious site.

Protesters have been camping out at the contentious site since April, but only in recent weeks have tensions escalated.

On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Israel, Jordan and Palestinians had agreed a plan to avert violence at the contentious site, and Israel on Friday re-opened the compound to all Muslims.

Through this organization, the couple hope to raise awareness of environmental issues across the state by visiting contentious sites like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

After a visit to Tehran in May, the I.A.E.A. director general, Yukiya Amano, said he believed Iran was close to agreeing to the terms of an inspection of contentious sites, including one at Parchin, 20 miles south of Tehran.

The city was inscribed as a Unesco world heritage site in 1995 for the beauty of its medieval old town and 18th-century new town but, following complaints from the public and architectural experts over a number of new buildings, inspectors from Icomos, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, which advises Unesco, have toured several of the most contentious sites.

The double-decker rescued me from a shower of rain and an exhausting walk around what will very soon be Lancashire's biggest and most contentious development site.

The recent spate of violence and unrest has centered on allegations that Israel is trying to change the status quo at a contentious religious site in Jerusalem known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and Jews as Temple Mount.