Sentence examples for contentious techniques from inspiring English sources

One of his most contentious techniques over the years has been to conduct mass raids of factories where undocumented Latinos are suspected to be working, rounding them up and then detaining anyone lacking appropriate immigration paperwork.

France moved to ban hydraulic fracturing, the contentious drilling technique used to extract energy from shale, earlier this year.

That cause is the contentious drilling technique for natural gas known as fracking, which has caused an economic boom — as well as considerable environmental worry — in places that sit atop gas-rich shale.

At one point Zaafir is subjected to water-boarding - the contentious 'enhanced interrogation' technique that replicates the act of drowning - and I wasn't the only person in the audience who spent the scene staring at the floor.

Foley has not referred specifically to the Stack and Tilt and probably never would considering the contentious nature of the techniques taught by the Stack and Tilt originators Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett.

ISRCTN 43299460 Chronic lower back pain has been managed by epidural steroid injection (ESI) for decades yet the use of the technique is contentious.

— MICHAEL D. SHEAR The Republican candidates just avoided what could have been a contentious fight over harsh interrogation techniques.

The choice of an instrument for the technique has been contentious.

By contrast, educating and training medical students in CAM techniques would be highly contentious.

These techniques appear to be environmentally contentious and may not be commercially viable.

With the battle over taxes and estate planning techniques about to heat up, one type of planning vehicle has avoided contentious debate: the special-needs trust.