Sentence examples for contesting the ground from inspiring English sources
The Yankees charged the outnumbered rebels, but the rebels "gallantly met the onset, falling back slowly to a narrow lane, stubbornly contesting the ground," reported an unidentified Confederate in a pamphlet published during the war.
He has insisted that he will contest the grounds for his suspension when his case is reviewed by Labour's national executive committee.
On Nov. 27, pursuant to the legislatively enacted "contest" provisions, Gore filed a complaint in Leon County Circuit Court contesting the certification on the grounds that the results certified by the Canvassing Commission included "a number of illegal votes" and failed to include "a number of legal votes sufficient to change or place in doubt the result of the election".
A section of Zambia's constitution known as the indigenous clause prohibited the 70-year-old from contesting the election, on the grounds that his parents were not born in Zambia.
However, Mexican officials are planning on contesting the fine on the grounds that the term is not discriminatory in context. .
And specifically he is seeking to contest the political ground now occupied by the "big society".
Mr Brown has never done anything like this before: he urged Labour to contest the centre ground as a young moderniser, and helped inspire the party's centrist election campaigns in 1997, 2001 and 2005.
Aventis, spurned a euro47 billion ($59 billion) offer and may gain some months to find a "white knight", perhaps Switzerland's Novartis, while contesting the bid on legal grounds.Bad timingFleetBoston became the latest bank to face charges in the mutual-fund trading scandal.
Environmental opposition switched from contesting the pipeline on NEPA grounds to fighting an amendment to the leasing act or a new bill.
As noted above, the contest statute ultimately contained this ground for contesting the results of an election.
(Her plea bargain allows her lawyers to appeal her conviction on constitutional grounds without contesting the specifics of her case).
