Sentence examples for that is contending from inspiring English sources

He has fashioned a team that is contending for the Eastern Conference championship with role players.

The decision comes amid a particularly difficult environment for Wall Street firms, especially those that specialize in sales and trading, a business that is contending with decreased activity and profits.

Di Canio said Monday that at first he thought the owner's call was a prank, given the wide gulf between his 18 months of experience, ending with his sudden walkout in January from his post as manager of Swindon Town, a club that is contending for promotion from League One, two tiers below the Premier League.

"But it's hard to develop a pitcher on a good team that's contending.

Employment in the three-year economic expansion has been slow to recover in some states that are contending with weaker housing markets or industries.

Here, we define network load in terms of the number of nodes that are contending for the access medium.

In November, another software developer that was contending for the construction market, PlanGrid, was acquired by Autodesk in an $875 million transaction.

Though he's been on a number of teams, he brings a piece of the puzzle that's important to any team, especially a team that's contending.

In 1825 the province of Guanacaste seceded from Nicaragua and joined Costa Rica, creating an issue that was contended until the boundary treaty of 1896.

"The article seems to be referring to the migrant refugee crisis that Europe is contending with.

The particular issues that it is contending with at present are: energy, welfare reform, arms control, tax reform, among others.