Sentence examples for having contested from inspiring English sources

Austin, having contested the tax on his shares in the courts of the State unsuccessfully, brought the case here by writ of error.

Having contested Japanese sovereignty over the islands for decades, it has set out to undermine Japan's claim to exercise administrative control.

She is also a tough campaigner; having contested several near-unwinnable seats before fighting Battersea in 2010, when she achieved a larger-than-average swing from Labour.Ms James herself is surely destined for ministerial office.

If he manages to keep it really close (low- to mid-single digits), then you may have real recriminations on the Democrats' side about not having contested the seat more aggressively.

In 2001, with the party worried about its flagging fortunes in Gujarat, he was appointed chief minister of a state of 50 million people without ever having contested a popular election.

In 1968, at a raucous convention in Chicago that was marred by violence on the city's streets and chaos in the convention hall, Vice President Hubert Humphrey captured the Democratic Party's presidential nomination despite his not having contested a single primary.

CyberBunker has contested that decision ever since.

(Mr. Yasui had contested only the curfew).

"'You could have contested that shot.

Amazon has contested Frisch's findings.

But some scientists have contested this idea.