Sentence examples for seen as contentious from inspiring English sources

When Europe announced details of its efforts to rescue Cyprus, it was immediately seen as contentious.

For the holder of such a political role, any return to the courtroom would be seen as contentious.

"Flipping" was seen as contentious because it has been used by some MPs who wanted to profit from the system, either by playing the property market or by using the second home allowance to refurbish one property before "flipping" and then using the allowance to refurbish another.

"There's a lot of enthusiasm, and I don't see anything as contentious as this coming down the pike in terms of an intraparty situation," said David Plouffe, a senior adviser to the president.

Jewish settlement activity in the heart of Arab-populated neighborhoods is widely seen as particularly contentious.

He was seen as less contentious a candidate for the role than his predecessor Usamah al-Nujayfi.

Finally, responses to the open-ended questions from former teachers showed not only that leadership is an important issue for teachers (Table 3), but also that it can be seen as a contentious issue, as it revealed some of the most emotive responses of the study, as shown in Table 5.

CFS/ME is seen as a contentious illness by many of the practice nurses in this study.

CFS/ME was seen as a contentious illness by many of the GPs in this study, viewing the condition of CFS/ME with scepticism, similar to descriptions in previous research [ 5, 6], where GPs did not consider CFS/ME to be a genuine illness.

The caretaker government is keen to distance itself from what is seen as a politically contentious case.

"The tourist board also advises that as recently as 2004, a survey on the erection of these signs 'Received no support whatsoever, but was seen as divisive and contentious'.