Sentence examples for if not contention from inspiring English sources

The idea of separate spheres for men and women has been a point of analysis, if not contention, for at least a generation of women's historians.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Four years ago, Mitt Romney's Mormon faith was a point of considerable concern, if not contention, for many Republican voters in South Carolina, a state where many voters are evangelical Christians and one that is known for its bare-knuckled politics.

Remember that your goal is conviction not contention.

Schubert's B flat Sonata was the evening's food for thought, if not bone of contention.Which instrument would do justice to this mind-bending farewell to both life and music?

It is clearly a positive for the game that Olazábal is back in the mix if not yet back in contention.

But the graph is now more difficult to read, and Sampras is back in contention if not in command at his second favorite tournament.

Bill Clinton always did feel at home in Los Angeles, so it is perhaps fitting that the ghost of presidential pardons past was a point of contention, if not a decisive factor, in that city's mayoral race.

"I figured out something last night with my golf swing on the range," said Woods, who would have been in contention if not for two double-bogeys, at Nos. 5 and 8. "I started hitting my golf shots the way I used to, started hitting the ball normal distances again.

For it is his contention that, if not actually antisemitic themselves, many prominent anti-Zionists are, at best, confused and, at worst, "a species of fellow traveller".

He's been advised to continue training and... if he's right, he'll be in contention but if not we'll have to make some other plans.

While England can qualify if they win, Bangladesh know that, realistically, if not arithmetically, they are out of contention for the quarter-finals if they lose here.