Sentence examples for contested remained from inspiring English sources

Just 281 of the 537 seats contested remained with the party that won the constituency in the election of 1998.

The island, heavily fortified and its ownership contested, remained under Nationalist military administration until 1992, when civilian rule was restored.

County officials said they did not know how many of these contested ballots remained, and declined to give an estimate.

6 Riots Follow Kenya Vote Riots erupted across Kenya as the results from the country's closely contested elections remained up in the air.

Its de facto sovereignty has remained contested since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Nearly 25percentt of the summit meeting's action plan remained contested today.

Add in other bitterly contested areas that remained unsettled in Naples, including voting weights, tax and foreign policy, and the odds are rising that the summit will end in stalemate and that the parties will have to fight anew next year.

For most readers seeking to picture the author of Pride and Prejudice, the face of Jane Austen is a watercolour painted by her sister Cassandra in 1810, right, although the authenticity of the sketch has remained contested.

Eight villages had been retaken by Friday, according to the international coalition, but Peshmerga leaders and a number of Iraqi soldiers said several of those remained contested.

Ottoman rule over the region remained contested by competition from Russia, which, as an Eastern Orthodox empire with claim to a Byzantine heritage, exercised notable influence over locals.

Even after the younger William's death in 1100 and the succession of his youngest brother Henry as king, Normandy and England remained contested between the brothers until Robert's capture by Henry at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106.