Sentence examples for were contested in from inspiring English sources

A third of the seats (23) were contested in Bristol.

Both the positions of president and vice president were contested in the junior class elections.

The Iranian Parliament has 290 seats and all were contested in this election.

The two matches were contested in front of 152,089 supporters, with gate receipts reaching £920,000.

The swimming events were contested in the Seine River, whose strong current carried athletes to unrealistically fast times.

After California passed workers' compensation legislation in 1911, legal disputes were all but eliminated: fewer than 2percentt of claims for permanent injuries were contested in 1924-25.

That was contested in the brutal heat of the first week.

Two parliamentary seats are contested in each constituency.

Any of those actions could be contested in court.

Its powers could be contested in a court.

It will also be contested in the courts.