Sentence examples for was being contested from inspiring English sources

But Scotland Yard refused to hand them over, saying ownership was being contested.

By 1914 the Romanian rugby championship was being contested, and it has run almost uninterrupted ever since.

One block that I recently visited in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington was being contested by four different groups.

"It was a game in which every pass, every dribble, every cut, was being contested," Calhoun said.

The Semenya investigation became public after Australian news reports caused I.A.A.F. officials to concede that Semenya's sex was being contested.

This final Group D match was being contested in a fever-pitch atmosphere that gave it the feel of a late-game goal chase with only seconds remaining.

Everything is being contested".

Four of the board's six seats are being contested.

The appeals are being contested by home secretary, Theresa May.

But now the jack's dominance is being contested.

Of the 43 awards that have been offered to families, five are being contested.