Sentence examples for several contended from inspiring English sources

Several contended that bits and pieces might be sold to railroad and non-railroad companies.

Several contended that confessions used as evidence in their trials had been coerced or improperly obtained.

Several contended that releasing the five senior Taliban from Afghanistan was a price too high for Bergdahl, whom the Taliban captured in 2009 following a murky decision Bergdahl apparently made to leave his unit's base in eastern Afghanistan.

But several contend that it is those qualities combined with his willingness to put in the time to master details, be they the particulars of a case, the niceties of an obscure statute or the history, philosophy and the players of a movement like Al Qaeda, that have made him so effective in court and in dealing with potential cooperators.

Three centuries after the death of the Buddha (c. 150 BCE) saw the growth of a large body of literature called the Abhidharma in several contending Buddhist schools.

In addition, using unpaired t-Test, we have shown the statistical significance of the OPSO algorithm against several contending algorithms including top-ranked CEC 2015 algorithms.

In a meeting involving a case in which Dr. Oloumi operated on the healthy breast of a 9-year-old girl, several doctors contended that the surgery was unneeded and wrong-headed, according to minutes from the meeting and several people who attended it, and Dr. Oloumi became furious and defensive.

Still, several analysts contended that the prosecutor's action would provide a new opening to restart blocked peace talks.

Still, several analysts contended that the plan might raise more doubts about whether even bigger problems loomed.

Several conservatives contended that the court's decision effectively unleashed Republicans to push the issue in Congressional elections this year, as well as the presidential election of 2004.

Lawyers for several cabbies contended that the practice was a violation of their clients' due process rights under the 14th Amendment.