Sentence examples for contested reasons from inspiring English sources

There are no doubt cities that have been, for specific if contested reasons, particularly riot-prone in South Asia's past, while others have remained remarkably peaceful.

It is bitterly contested ground.

It remains contested ground.

Questions such as whether to move to an elected upper house or a proportional electoral system are contested for good reasons - such changes would rebalance our system of government in fundamental ways, and have costs as well as benefits.

(This is contested, for the same reasons, by champions of the Morecambe Bay path).

The deal never went ahead, and while the reasons are contested – Borsak claims Latham "reneged" at the 11th hour, while Latham told Guardian Australia the terms proposed by the Shooters were "never feasible" – it set the scene for a bitter fight between the two rightwing parties in the race to secure what could be the balance of power in NSW.

Even the definition of "forest" is highly contested.For these and other reasons, environmentalists caution against optimism.

He goes on that "it is clear that the historical record is still highly contested … for precisely that reason, it is impossible to establish the clarity required for a correction".

This is arguably one reason why sharply contested primary elections sometimes lead to losses in the general election".

However, Virgin contested his claims that the reason it had turned down Mr Kpakio and accepted "Mr Owen" was because of his ethnicity.

Critical education rests on imparting a sceptical approach to claims about the world, clearly contradicted by presenting as equal choices – as Erfana Bora suggests – religious dogma alongside reasoned, and continually contested, scientific truth claims.