Sentence examples for two contending from inspiring English sources

But the ramifications of the case go beyond the two contending sides.

That was because the teams with two contending drivers adhered to a racing philosophy that compromised their chances but, in the eyes of many, affirmed their integrity.

What remains, once the laudanum fiends and East End "Undertowns" ruled by the "King of the Opium Living Dead" (Simmons) have been shooed away, is atmosphere, and a landscape dogged by two contending ghosts.

He did this with mere gestures: inviting a beleaguered prime minister to a country palace for the weekend, or being photographed with two contending power brokers kneeling side by side at his feet.

Lest someone thinks this is far-fetched, there are already two contending Panchen Lamas (next only to the Dalai Lama in importance), both inside China: one publicly feted, another not seen since his disappearance in 1995.

All down the ages good and evil have been viewed as two contending forces in perpetual conflict, and in the dual task of the riddance of evil and the induction of good the exorcist, the shaman, and the seer have exercised complementary functions hardly distinguishable in the higher cultural levels in Babylonia and Assyria.

The two contend that since the pump failed, the town is responsible.

The two contend that for the past several decades, Hollywood and the media have portrayed Italian-Americans in a disparaging light.

The alternative plan would give the company a ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of about 1.7 times, the two contended.

The lead role of the guitar in heavy metal often collides with the traditional "frontman" or bandleader role of the vocalist, creating a musical tension as the two "contend for dominance" in a spirit of "affectionate rivalry".

All three contended that if they had strayed into Iran, it was an innocent mistake.