Sentence examples for then contending from inspiring English sources

Then, contending that Ms. Calderone had defaulted on the purchase agreement by failing to close on time, Pulte kept her $20,000 deposit.

Officials rejected Mr. Pakhomov's registration this year, first saying his paperwork was deficient, then contending that the church was a front for an unspecified business.

Harrah's said Mr. Trump has "sabotaged" the plan by first assembling the land for a garage, then contending he alone owns it.

He refused to resign then, contending that he did nothing illegal under the laws at the time, a contention he continued to maintain tonight.

But Goodyear did not recall the tires that it had produced before then, contending that the overall failure rate for the tires without the nylon cap was very low.

By the time García made the turn on the back nine, he was six strokes behind Woods, after costly bogeys at No. 7 and No. 9. García was heckled heavily by the crowd Saturday, after making an obscene gesture on Friday and then contending after his round that if Woods had been on the course during the day's heavy rain, United States Golf Association officials would have halted play.

He then contended that his uncle was misheard.

Mr. Branson then contended that Mr. Snowden had committed libel by calling him a liar.

A multinational must then "contend with a whole network of relationships and interdependencies they often cannot decipher".

Even when fund managers find ways round the regulatory barriers, they must then contend with the difficulties of distributing their products.

The prosecutor then contended that Dowling had not disputed identity, but rather had claimed that a robbery had not taken place because he and Christian allegedly "merely came to retrieve..