Sentence examples for had long contested from inspiring English sources

In 1708 Montferrat was annexed by the house of Savoy, rulers of neighbouring Piedmont, who had long contested for it.

Three "readings" of the affair, all by Jews, have long contested its meaning; Begley raises all three.

They are less predictably partisan than other ethnic groups and the two major parties have long contested for their votes.

Since Japan in September announced it would "nationalise" three of the islands that had been privately owned, China, which has long contested Japan's sovereignty over them, has also started challenging its resolve to keep control of them.

"The exemption (of prior significant ground disturbance) appears to uphold a view that Aboriginal people have long contested: that Aboriginal culture is somehow in stasis, fundamentally unchanging and vulnerable to modernity".

GM has long contested that hybrids are too expensive to mass-produce because they require two motors in place of one.

Conservatives have long contested the use of the nickname Beto by O'Rourke, whose first name is actually Robert, because they claim it sounds Hispanic.

Escalating tensions between Russia and Turkey have spread to the Caucasus, a volatile region where both powers have long contested each other's influence.

The respective remits of the National and Tate Galleries, which had long been contested by the two institutions, were more clearly defined in 1996.

However rights to the night have long been contested.

His men had killed at least one Argentine fighter, possibly more; the precise figure has long been contested.