Sentence examples for seriously contested from inspiring English sources

The more immediate downsides, however, are not seriously contested.

Eight Republican seats are being seriously contested, double the number in most recent election years.

In fact, barring the single-figure defeat of 2009 it has often been the haka that was most seriously contested.

But this is the first time a Senate seat will be seriously contested since her father won it in 1980.

Mr. Santorum's razor-thin victory in Iowa's caucuses in early January was the first — and last — time that his campaign has seriously contested Mr. Romney.

The court then made the statement that "Mr. Dowling's presence in the house was not seriously contested in the case but he stated the general defense.

In his ruling, the judge said that Mr Kearns was an unsatisfactory witness, inclined to contest what, on the evidence, could not seriously be contested and to minimise the extent of his alcohol consumption and its consequences.

All council seats contested.

The 1985 World Cup saw Papua New Guinea take part in a five-nation home and away World Cup series, but it wasn't until 1995 that the World Cup made any genuine attempt to take its title seriously when 10 teams contested the tournament: England, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, France, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Western Samoa, South Africa, and Tonga.

Harvick's Chevrolet was strong on long runs all afternoon and was not seriously threatened as the race was contested under green the rest of the way.

To be sure, the view that children should not be punished to the same degree as adults was always contested, and it was also seriously flawed in practice.