Sentence examples for formal contentions from inspiring English sources

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That disingenuous tactics were at play became evident when WikiLeaks published diplomatic documents that exposed the formal contentions that designation of the MPA would effectively end the islanders resettlement claims and assure that US military interests were safeguarded.

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If Lindsay does move into formal contention for the Presidency, he won't need a warmup.

But the formal point in contention is something much broader: limiting the concept of religious ministry to those institutions whose aim is to propagate the faith, by mainly employees of the same faith, to clients mainly of the same faith.

According to dictionary.com (//www.dictionary.com), the definition of a "brief" (in relation to law) is "a formal outline listing main contentions along with supporting evidence and documentation".

The lawyers also said they believed that the city's contention that formal policy requires both the captain and his assistant to be in the pilothouse at docking is an effort to limit its liability in the dozens of lawsuits stemming from the Oct. 15 crash.

Unfortunately, Tough's thesis is weakest when it comes to his contention that formal measures of intelligence, such as high SAT scores, are less an indicator of future accomplishment than the more amorphous qualities of strong character.

My contention is that limited-liability companies, having certain formal privileges and status, should not be the private playthings of transient owners interested only in their own immediate self-enrichment, without any concern for how their profits are made.

As southern Sudan heads for formal independence on 9 July, we look at the points of contention between north and south.

Taking its cue from the parallel ceremony in Tehran, the event at the Iranian ambassador's residence in Kensington was long on formal expressions of mutual respect and short on matters of substance or contention.

The formal or informal professionalization of the field, however, is also a source of contention.

One of his contentions was that the court never acquired jurisdiction to act in his case, because no formal accusation was made against him, nor any statement of the grounds of complaint, nor a formal citation against him to answer them.

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