Sentence examples for right in contending from inspiring English sources

American experts say China is right in contending that the Aegis system could be adapted for use in a future, "upper-tier" defense that could spot incoming missiles early in their trajectory and target them high in the atmosphere or even above it -- the so-called theater missile defense that the United States and Japan are working to develop and that China strongly opposes.

PAMELA G. BAILEY President and Chief Executive Grocery Manufacturers Association Washington, Sept. 27, 2011 To the Editor: Mark Bittman is right in contending that homemade meals can be a lot cheaper than fast-food meals.

However, the third argument may have more bite: if Kant is right in contending that the representation of any place presupposes the representation of space itself, then perhaps that representation lacks the ordinary part-whole structure of a concept.

"Now the East-West confrontation has been replaced by a multiplication of local conflicts". Even more disturbing, he said, many Asian and African governments are trying to redefine human rights away from political and civil rights and toward economic and social rights, contending in effect that development is a greater priority than Western-style liberties are for poor countries.

American Apparel used his "image and identity in total disregard of his rights to privacy and publicity, his exclusive property rights and his personal rights," Mr. Allen contends in the trademark suit, which was filed Monday in Federal District Court in New York.

However, those questions are not before us, since the addressees assert First Amendment claims in their own right: they contend that the Government is powerless to interfere with the delivery of the material because the First Amendment 'necessarily protects the right to receive it.' Martin v. City of Struthers, 319 U.S. 141, 143, 63 S.Ct.

Was Kant right when he denied spatial and temporal features to "things as they are in themselves"?—and right to contend that space and time are "forms of our intuition"?

In the past, the government has largely deflected charges of torture raised by human rights organizations, contending that any abuse was the work of a few bad actors.

A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel lawsuit filed Tuesday.

There are so many angles in right field to contend with.

Mr. Lantos and human rights advocates contend that surveillance in China poses different issues from surveillance in the West because China is a one-party state where government officials can exercise power with few legal restraints.