Sentence examples for has long contested from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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.

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

"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".

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.

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

That rape has long been contested ground is perfectly illustrated by a new book, Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation.

The assertion that there is a link between weight loss and dairy consumption has long been contested by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an advocacy and research group that promotes a diet free of animal products.