Sentence examples for contested decision from inspiring English sources

In this case, it was a bitterly contested decision by the City Council last month to approve a proposal by the giant home builder Toll Brothers to construct three residential towers of 30 stories or more.

He cited the signing of Ceta – the free trade deal between the EU and Canada – and a hotly contested decision to approve two pipelines as examples of this approach.

Declining to develop one of the few low-lying parcels of land along this part of the Mississippi, which otherwise has limited public access, remains a highly contested decision.

"... the contested decision does no more than authorise the establishment of enhanced cooperation, but does not contain any substantive element on the FTT itself".

Another hotly contested decision, this time for a second-half penalty from Brian Graham, earned St Johnstone a 1-0 victoverover 10-man Inverness and stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches in the Scottish Premiership.

Bipartisan wrangling over her ministerial appointees, and her contested decision to create a new "super-ministry" that would usurp some of the responsibility for online and cable media from the Korean Communications Commission, have effectively frustrated her first weeks in office.

How do the same justices who issue the bitterly contested decisions in headline-grabbing cases manage to agree so often?

Toobin recounts bitterly contested decisions (campaign finance, gun rights, health care), exploring their historical contexts and their possible social and political consequences.

But the swing voters with even greater power are the Supreme Court justices who pivot between the right and the left on closely contested decisions.

There are major concerns over the increased costs and complexity of putting detailed contracts out to tender, evaluating bids and defending contested decisions.

The bombings became one of the most hotly contested decisions in history.