Sentence examples for contested measure from inspiring English sources
A hotly contested measure that would have limited the state's "three-strikes law" was also defeated by a margin of 6percentt.
The hotly contested measure passed, and the initiative, which included more money for public schools, eventually yielded improvements in Arkansas' educational system.
Committees in the House and the Senate overwhelmingly endorsed the Clinton administration's China trade bill today, contributing to a growing sense among its backers that the ardently contested measure is headed for passage.
Minutes before final consideration of a bitterly contested measure to give President Bush expanded trade negotiating authority, Mr. DeMint switched to a yes from a no, providing the swing vote in a 215-214 outcome.
PARIS, April 2 — President Jacques Chirac on Sunday signed into law a fiercely contested measure meant to make hiring more flexible, even as students and unions vowed to carry on nationwide strikes and demonstrations against it.
Last month, Orange's Board of County Commissioners voted to put off a ballot vote on a hotly contested measure that would require employers to provide workers with one hour of sick leave for every 37 hours worked, capped at 56 per year.
Among the most hotly contested measures was one that required police officers to electronically record homicide interrogations, a requirement intended to reduce the number of forced or false confessions.
Now, Chinese and foreign health officials say that some of those contested measures — more easily adopted by an authoritarian state — may have helped slow the spread of the disease in the world's most populous country.
On Jan 18 at 10 00 am, Bonnie Kaiser from the Duke Global Health Institute will present her talk on "Cultural Idioms, Contested Measures, and Intervening in Global Mental Health: The Case of Haiti" (abstract below).
Among other hotly contested measures, the bill would cut subsidies for Amtrak by 25percentt and slash funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Yet even House Republicans say prospects for the most contested measures have faded with the price scare.
