Sentence examples for is contentious in the from inspiring English sources

While immigration is contentious in the Sierra Club, there is an older, more profound division between the majority of the board members and the insurgents who have worked for years to make the group more militant and activist, with a greater orientation toward the grass-roots volunteers (front page, March 16).

"There is a not a lot that is contentious in the district.

According to Tilly (2004, p. 3) a social movement is contentious "in the sense that it involves collective making of claims that, if realized, would conflict with someone else's interests, political in the sense that governments of one sort or another figure in the claim making".

That the proposition -- the fluid nature of evidence, and more importantly science, should be respected -- is contentious in the first place is, frankly, bizarre.

The nationality debate has long been contentious in the Cup.

The Rudin proposal had been contentious in the surrounding community.

Those details have been contentious in the past.

Relationships between the county government and the union were contentious in the closing years of the administration of former County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke.

The images had been contentious in the lead up to the war, but are even more so now that the battle has begun.

His announcement is likely to be contentious in the Baltic country of 2 million people, where events such as gay pride parades attract hundreds of predominantly Christian opponents.

Students are invited to consider how a person prepares herself for a negotiation that has been contentious in the past and where there is not much of a negotiating track record.