Sentence examples for contested of the from inspiring English sources

Romney, Santorum and Gingrich were all campaigning in Ohio, the most intensely contested of the states holding nominating contests on Tuesday as the first caucus returns were reported from Washington state.

With Spain clear favourites for Group B and Tahiti obvious minnows, this contest was always going to be the most fiercely contested of the group - and so it proved.

Ms. Nielsen's Tony category, which includes Laurie Metcalf, Amy Morton, Holland Taylor and Cicely Tyson, is perhaps the most fiercely contested of the evening.

The most hotly contested of the three blocs is the evangelical one, which in the 2000 primaries accounted for one-third of the Republican vote in South Carolina, according to exit polls.

The biggest draw and most fiercely contested of the sports is kok-boru, a violent Central Asian form of polo in which two teams battle for control of a decapitated goat carcass.

In all cases, before the increased punishment can be inflicted, there must be conviction on the new charge; the former conviction must be shown, and there must be a finding by a jury, if the fact is contested, of the identity of the defendant with the former convict.

Yussef works in the Palestinian refugee camp of Deheisha, teaching history, that most contested of subjects in the Middle East.

Accordingly, the Philippine government asserted that the Reed Bank is well within the country's EEZ and belongs to the KIG, and is therefore not part of the contested areas of the Spratlys.

The Peace of God was one of the most important, and one of the most contested, movements of the entire Middle Ages.

The role of opioids for chronic pain has been one of the most contested aspects of the nationwide crackdown on narcotic prescribing.

She refuted the image of her as a sinner in need of repentance, and contested the authority of the elders of the church.