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Sentence Examples The link between correlation and causation seems to be the bone of contention. That might sound unnecessarily silly or trivial, but it's been a serious point of contention. However, as the race developed, Faulkner came back into contention and was sitting on Westbrook 's tail with two laps left to run. Leeds United bludgeoned their way back into Premiership title contention after an ugly battle against Tottenham Hotspur at Elland Road. The basis for this contention among British doctors seems even more tenuous. The pound in a pensioner's pocket or purse has become the latest point of contention for politicians. All Blacks had much of the pressure in the early part of the second half and got back into contention with a converted try. He got back into contention with a level par 71 containing six birdies, four bogeys and one double bogey. In the last century the same conflicts led to the First World War and continued to be a bone of contention throughout the Second. This matter has always been a bone of contention with councillors but on this occasion no one objected to the proposal by council management. The city's educational system continues to be a bone of contention for Burns and other residents. Roth says he was immediately drawn to the novel, which had a history of contention all its own. The issue has become a serious bone of contention between the union and the management. Bank charges are a continual bone of contention between bankers and depositors. Since its completion, the new pier has been a bone of contention with tour boat operators over the issue of safety in mooring their boats. The issue has been a bone of contention for several years between Mid West farmers and State Government authorities. Ownership has long been a source of contention in the Irish newspaper industry. The zebra crossing outside the library in Pickwick Road, Corsham, has been a serious bone of contention among residents for a number of years. Race relations in the USA continue to be a hot topic and a bone of contention for many American writers. Sometime ago, the first point was a serious bone of contention with some opponents of Australian government policy on East Timor. Show More Sentences The defendant disputes the claimant's contention that they failed in their duty to notify and consult. The community group said although they are no strangers to the struggle for technology, equality remains a major bone of contention. Footwear, even for the five-year-olds, can be a serious bone of contention within families at this time of year. This has been a bone of contention for many years and I am sure it will continue to be so for many more. Bonus payments have a nasty habit of being bones of contention in the football domain. One area of contention is whether a confession made by a co-defendant may be tendered by a defendant. Your Honours will see at paragraph 157 where he set out the basis of the contention that it was not bona fide. But I shall say nothing about the deep and difficult problems this contention raises. On balance, there is something in the contention that a Yes vote means we will have more influence in securing future opt-outs. One of the main points of contention between the two sides was shift scheduling. It plainly indicates that a controversy or contention has arisen between the parties. Another area of much contention is the desired level of channel control sought by the manufacturer. By then O'Sullivan was a spent force having fallen out of contention at 16 miles. Instead, I reject the cultural establishment's contention that politics can be rejuvenated by a splash of paint or an arty video slot. However, the contention that the cosmological argument depends on the ontological argument is based on a confusion. Sloyan kept Sligo in contention throughout and when he put the game all square with three minutes to play the odds on a home victory shortened. Apparently squirrel monkey show little interest in self-administering THC, which contradicted NIDA's contention that marijuana is addictive. But it's not hard to see why this funding bottom line is the main point of contention here. What a fascinating and unique contest the Tralee race has turned out to be with two future Oaks winners in contention. It will be one of their last chances to see who is in shape and in contention for the Olympic title in Athens. Show More Sentences It is the Claimant's contention that this damage was avoidable and caused by a negligent omission by Mr Roberts. Their contention is the stage is not strong enough to have the pachyderm onstage. The mathematician's study might be considered an important site of contention for the various schools of recent cartographic criticism. Her claim that she had been constructively dismissed rested on the contention that she had unjustly been subjected to disciplinary procedures. So by neither route, in our contention, could the conclusion be reached, conformably with the statute, that it is a carriage service provider. I had to drive it back to the pits on three wheels, but it was fun to always be in contention. It's Hubbard's contention that eight nations are running the world in a shambolic, criminally inequitable way. This contention was examined through a comparison of two schools that varied considerably in the emphasis they placed on examinations. The Apex Court accepted the contention of the petitioners that mens rea is necessary for commission of offences under these Sections. He feels clearing that height at the Olympics is good enough to make the final and put him in medal contention. A win here would be very useful and get us back into contention in the league. The day when those who have made the cut try to haul themselves into contention for the big prizes. The true aim is to get back in contention, and for that to deliver a sense of contentment that is long overdue. So much for the contention that auctions guarantee huge revenue inflows to national exchequers. There was some contention as to the sale and disposition of certain assets. I wanted to test out trying to stay in contention for the whole race, rather than just going for individual stage wins. You know, I'm sure this year we'll have the equipment to be in contention of winning races. Players darted into contention and equally swiftly darted out again, but a precious few stayed with it until the end. The original tribunal of inquiry rejected Hanley's contention that the plane's failure was caused by water or other agents in the engines. The tribunal rejected the employer's contention that Ms Riehn was fairly dismissed on grounds of redundancy. Show More Sentences His team is out of contention, with virtually no hope of playing in the World Series. Both sides are very much in contention for a place in the semi-finals of the competition. A warmish couple of rounds had placed him in contention, but ultimately his poor physical condition prevailed. The most thoughtful and diplomatic of us would concede these points of contention. It was nice to get back there again and be in contention with a chance to win coming up the back nine on Sunday. Despite all these, Jim gained 541 first-preference votes and reached the quota when his running mate, Roberts, dropped out of contention. I've seen him come back from laps down to win races and get himself back in contention. His request to the supporters of his contention is to join him at least for a mile or a few yards to strengthen the nation. He was in contention for the Open title, but faded in that strange final round with everyone else, except Whatshisname. Until a team is eliminated from playoff contention, the goal is to win now. Let us grant Goffman's contention that marginalized, diasporic cultures are transgressive in nature and lead to cultural hybridity. Given the putrid offensive production it's frankly amazing that the Twins have been able to remain in contention. The club has been running for three years and a number of the teams are now in contention for league titles. If that nine holes had been successful and he'd got to remain in contention, he might well have had a good season. But Charles found himself out of contention after sustaining a tyre puncture. Serious questions remain as to the readiness, willingness and fitness to lead of those in main contention. This study examined this contention to determine the decisiveness of non-lethal technologies as an element of military strategy. If he could come in around 6,000 he will be in serious contention for the last seat. The defendants are justified in their contention that the remedy of the party damnified by the solicitor's misconduct will become illusory. This year's trade market suffered because so many clubs were bunched together, unable to identify whether they were in or out of contention. Show More Sentences Perhaps you will forgive me replying to the contention that animal cunning will be overtaken by human ingenuity. After the death of Liszt in 1888, there was contention among the critical hierarchy over the musical value of his works. Their contention, supported by the evidence of Professor Baldwin, is that both oxidative and reductive pathways involve the enol. This reading works against the Foucauldian contention that these identities did not occur until the late nineteenth century. Though these organisms may also be found as normal flora of alimentary tract, data supporting this contention are lacking. Two goals in each half kept Sligo in contention despite not registering a score for the final 13 minutes. Judge Maddocks rejected that contention and dismissed the appellant's appeal. It was Chagnon's contention that the Yanomami world revolved around warfare, the purpose of which was to gain access to women. Such reveries are meant to support Joe's contention that he has less trouble relating to men than he does women. If the matter was not so serious his letter would be in contention for the joke of the year. Clifford's contention about the reprehensibility of believing without or against the evidence still stands. My contention is they didn't follow it up or investigate any of it further. It is Ruskin's contention that the essential Dickensian hero is the ironmaster. His contention was that angiospermous remains could not have occurred earlier than the Tertiary. Moss's contention that these lands have been manipulated for producing more game to shoot is historically correct, but that is changing too. In the broader picture, does this contention imply that America needs a credible party of the Left? I have a lot more confidence that, if I just play my game, I'll have a chance to be in contention on the weekend. That was the contention of the political philosopher, and it's a lesson of more general application. The home team got back into contention with a try from young lock Jason Easton after home forwards drove a line-out for fully 20 yards. Conversation ceases to resolve the internal contention between characters, words fail and the conflict comes to the point. Show More Sentences England roared back into contention in the final quarter of the match helped by the referee. We were one of the smallest teams there that was in contention and we ended up fourth. The contention that they were stridently opposed to the uprising is robustly disputed. Panofsky's contention that Van Eyck literally painted a marriage certificate was rooted in two early accounts of the picture. The Attorney-General's contention, if correct, strikes at the root of this basic principle. This would not necessarily invalidate my contention that converts were desirable because they brought with them greater access to the land. We say that that contention is in fact erroneous because it asks the wrong question. Parteen were in contention right up until the last quarter, but Whitegate finished stronger and ran out winners by two goals at the finish. In order to establish that contention the applicants assert they have no need to rely upon any statutory underpinning. It is my contention that she didn't really betray anyone, and that the real agents of betrayal in all of this are the media. Thus all spiritualities exist as sites of contention between salutary qualities and incapacitating effects. In view of their Lordships, however, such a contention is not maintainable. We say that if it is necessary, the second respondent in its argument has raised a contention. It is not my contention that information must needs run on a parallel track to entertainment. Will he get enough votes outside the town to keep him in the race and in contention for a seat? On teen pregnancy I have to say that official statistics do not support her contention. So players who did not turn up for training with the County team ruled themselves out of contention. He repeated his earlier contention that the country has enough food to feed its people. It is my contention that the two groups simply have radically different registers and types of interaction. I agree with her contention that the debate was a good thing for the party, as argued below. Show More Sentences An e-voting system like this is an invitation for fraud, and sure to be a point of contention when the votes are counted. The score that well and truly got Tallow back into contention came just sixty seconds before the half-time break. Whether the Albanian language stems from Illyrian or Thracian, both, or neither is a matter of contention. However the runners were tightly grouped going to the bend which resulted in the leading fancies being squeezed out of contention. Frequent shifts in the proposed focus of the fund suggest considerable contention behind the scenes. Everything in Seymour's professional experience would seem to bear out Miller's contention. It has been the origin of a lot of discord and a lot of contention over consents. These two areas of contention were distinct from each other, but not really separable. Sea power's dominance, however, has been a point of contention among military historians. He dropped right out of contention before they jumped the penultimate fence. The issue was a constant bone of contention throughout the period between the first and the sixth pan-American conferences. The appellants dispute this contention by reference to the principle as formulated by them. So the only area of contention is the area of where we are investigating behaviour that may be unlawful. The absence of independent testing of milk has been a source of contention for years. It is my contention that the difference between a monarchy and a republic would be symbolic only. One contention we have heard is that the new minimums will practically abolish child labor in industry. The contention is that she is uniquely qualified to talk about the suitability of transwomen for positions in sexual assault counselling. This seems to me to be inconsistent with a contention that a binding agreement for a joint venture survived. But after packing nine birdies and an eagle into an astonishing round, she suddenly leapt into contention. Instead, their argument boils down to the contention that the hospital should have gone to Family Court if it sought to override their decision. Show More Sentences The real bone of contention, however, and what has some Charter Quay residents hopping mad, is the rowdiness. Ebdon kept himself in contention with a magnificent 123 break in the eighth but Gray won a scrappy ninth to move to within sight of the 82,500 first prize. To support his position, Governor Snyder presented a study purporting to prove the contention. The credibility of that contention would depend on exactly what Wildstein told Christie and how he phrased it. The contention was that a sellout was taking place led by, of all people, Richard Nixon, who originally exposed Alger Hiss. Rather, she alleges that Madaleno has made it a point of heated contention throughout the campaign. Being politically astute, even in her dotage, baroness Thatcher was aware what contention that could create. Among the big-ticket bones of contention is ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers. His accomplishment is considerable, making him one of the very few artists whose work cuts across all the lines of contention that characterized his times. Sammy doesn't discount that contention, but he advances another theory. But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty. Koch had girded himself for at least a year of contention before his research would be accepted. The Blues kept digging deep trying to keep themselves in contention. Bred by Devonia Stud, Royal Dragon was held up early in the one-mile turf contest but was able to range up into contention more than one furlong from the wire. Robles is the top-ranked weightlifter in the country, but is a dark horse for medal contention. The disaster helped prove the pro-life contention that nothing is more vital and basic to human beings than loving and being loved by one's kith and kin. The race sprung to life at the second flight when leader Westender refused to jump the hurdle and also knocked the favourite Rule Supreme out of contention. It is my contention that Van Eyck's picture is a posthumous representation of Costanza, the only wife of Giovanni di Nicolao of whose existence we find any evidence. Of course it was a matter of some contention with Mother that I was using all of her hairspray to kill insects, so I reserved that weapon for dire circumstances. High levels of follicle Stimulating Hormone knocks us out of contention, unless we go to a specialist clinic. Show More Sentences The doctrine of Predestination became a major source of contention between the Puritans, for whom it was a fundamental article of faith, and the Arminians who rejected it. With three minutes to go, and the race still in contention, it was a flashback to this time last year when Oxford rowed Cambridge down around the outside of the last bend. A 10-game winning streak vaulted Boston into contention with the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, whom the writers had tabbed as early-season favorites. Ireland put themselves right back into contention with a 54th minute try from inspired substitute Des Dillon, a score added to when Staunton kicked the conversion. The White House recently has hived some honeybees, which have proved a point of contention. Secret White House backchannels are used to support the book's contention. His contention that the backwoodsman's conquering spirit exacerbated Native American attempts to re-conquer Native ancestral lands reinforces what we already know. There are at least two schools of thought in contention here. The termination of life-sustaining treatment and the potential conflict of interest between patient care and organ recovery is another point of contention. The main point of contention was over funding for mass transit. Can Mitt the Mouth, so often lacerated by his own tongue, talk his way back into contention? Rather than building on the huge jump it got with cable modems, the cable industry is letting its tortoise-like telco competitors mock its contention problems. In that regard, the visitors were clearly superior and were a shade unlucky not to have hauled themselves back into contention after falling in arrears. On issues of contention, such as the trade dispute between America and Europe, the Prime Minister and President had no progress to announce and nothing of substance to say. While there is no scientific data to support this contention, there is evidence that all recreational boating, including sailing, can disturb waterfowl. Scott Brown adds that the politics she and Venturi shared were points of contention as well. Road safety and pollution issues were the main bones of contention, with frequent tailbacks of lorries billowing fumes into people's homes, he said. This was a bone of contention with residents and business owners. Control of the few viable roads is another bone of contention among various warlords who exercise their authority by blocking delivery of aid items. However, the latter is the main bone of contention in this argument. Show More Sentences The traffic bottleneck at Main Street, which has forced motorists to drive onto the footpath, has been a bone of contention for some considerable time. Thurlow's claim to fame is his contention that Kerry's boat wasn't actually under fire in a 1969 incident for which Kerry was awarded a Bronze Star. It wasn't often that Murdoch truly appreciated a practical joke but Johnny's contention that they had a leprechaun or a brownie in the house was too good to pass up. The contention of the French Republic that Article 177 cannot be used to obtain from the Court a ruling that such an act is null and void is pertinent. Inverness finished sixth, fourth and sixth in the First Division, before suddenly catapulting into title contention with a very, very good run this year. In our contention the Court of Appeal wrongly regarded the 1993 Act as abolishing more than the consequences in criminal law and in tort of champertous conduct. The champion jockey kept the four-year-old in contention before grabbing the lead from Persian Punch in the home straight and powering on for home. These findings confirmed the contention that when considering competence and self-esteem, single-parent children cannot be treated as a homogeneous group. The blunder took him out of contention for the presidential nomination. He's got to get his head down and fight his way back into contention. A common area of contention is the time the new home will be complete. Last night he had put himself in medal contention in the decathlon. One of the main points of contention is the executive compensation issue. Indeed, my contention is that everyone in his movies is completely real. As if to emphasise his credentials, he has been at it again this week, hauling himself into contention at the Masters with a familiar mixture of fearlessness and frailty. Prior to the group's meetings to draft the dioxin and furan standards, participants believed that the main point of contention would be over the numerical limits. For Lismore however the decisiveness of the defeat is a setback, and they will have it all to do to get back into contention via the losers' group. Overall, the environment promotes continued interservice rivalry, but the delineator between productive competition and unhealthy contention is ethics. The point in contention is that the cow is not sacred for Dravidians. We had signals during testing prior to the race that this Grand Prix could be a good one, but to be in contention for the win during the race was very nice indeed! Show More Sentences The contention here is that not all matters have necessarily benefited, or, indeed, can benefit from the revered analytic, reductionist, expository, dialogical methodology. It's therefore my contention that with the exception of consumer digicams the future lies in full-frame SLRs, not ones with 1.5X or similar magnification factors. He seems to prefer candor to contention, honest talk to doublespeak. Hundreds of books and tracts impressed their contention upon the consciousness of Europe. This right remained a bone of contention between the church authorities and universities that were slowly distancing themselves from the Church. The league went down to the last round with Ulster and Leinster both in contention. Holiday homes remain a bone of contention among locals, many of whom are priced out of the housing market by incomers. Christ's human nature has been a point of contention between Reformed and Lutheran Christology. In 1707, the Act of Union between England and Scotland largely ended the contention about which of the countries Berwick belonged to. Thomson attacked Whitehouse's contention in a letter to the popular Athenaeum magazine, pitching himself into the public eye. When Knox and a supporting colleague, William Whittingham, wrote to Calvin for advice, they were told to avoid contention. The tonsure differed from that elsewhere and also became a point of contention. My contention is that in order to maintain the practice of cruelty, a singular narrowmindedness of purpose is put into operation. Wilson investigated the contention that Iraq had sought uranium for nuclear weapons in Niger and reported that the contention had no substance. A particular bone of contention was the tendency of foreign ships to pose as English to avoid attack. He was in contention for a victory at his first Formula One race in 6 years, the 1971 Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton qualified in second place in Bahrain, but during the race, a series of poor pitstops put him out of contention, and he finished eighth. Hill came back into contention for the title after winning the British Grand Prix, a race his father had never won. The essays assembled in this book derive from the contention that there are as many Islams as there are situations that sustain it. His round consisted of seven birdies, which resulted in a 31 on the back nine to move into contention for his second major championship. Show More Sentences The Aussies were upset at my contention that they're so much better at sport than us because of an inferiority complex. However, American Nick Symmonds and emerging British talent Joe Thomas battled their way into contention on the home straight. One source of contention was the king's inactivity, and repeated failure, in the ongoing war with Scotland. The final point of contention in American Rivers stemmed from the fishway prescriptions offered by the federal resource agencies. It is still a bone of contention whether to go ahead with the original plan in light of the new evidence. The bison's circumstances remain an issue of contention between Native American tribes and private landowners. The Culdee, the 4-1 favourite, was one of those who failed to do so, being well out of contention when he fell at the last. Also at issue is the amount of NCUA assistance provided to suitors with a contention by the Utahans that East Coast CUs are favored. Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune. My contention is that the Scouring chapter is the most novelistic episode in Tolkien's massive tale. A home defeat by Germany and a late equalising goal by Poland eliminated Scotland from contention. One of the results was a two-tier benefits system for employees, which still remains a point of contention. The contention that there are two solitudes, federal and provincial, in the matter of the Crown lacks foundation in fact and theory. Branson's comment illustrates my contention that statism has made the dichotomy between left and right totally meaningless and mad. Another point of contention is an impression, no matter how misguided, that speeding fines are used as little more than cash cows. The question of the viability of two tracks in Dublin has been a bone of contention for many years, but Harold's Cross is not a lossmaker. So even back then, this was an obvious point of concern and contention. Godolphin's recent CCA Oaks heroine Jilbab could never get into contention, merely plugging on for fourth. Pauline Whally, SC, told the jury it is the prosecution's contention the accused was the aggressor and Mr Fegan had posed no threat. That Humphries should imply that, in the Foster's ads, Hogan's ocker appropriated McKenzie's discourse reinforces my contention. Show More Sentences Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention. Thus, the provinces and parliament have no formal role in such appointments, sometimes a point of contention. She later withdrew the fourth Harry Potter novel from contention to allow other books a fair chance. The placement of a boundary between the two is a matter of great contention. Whether or not reasoned discussion about the divine is possible has long been a point of contention. A fundamental source of contention stems from the inadvertent conflation of theoretical conceptions of imperialism and colonialism. Nations sometimes resort to international arbitration when faced with a specific question or point of contention in need of resolution. Uruguay then became a zone of contention between the Spanish and Portuguese empires. Another point of contention was the crusade, which Frederick had promised but repeatedly postponed. There is contention as to whether smallpox was deliberately introduced, or spread from Macassan traders from the north. The causes of the war, the reasons for its outcome, and even the name of the war itself are subjects of lingering contention today. It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people. It adds that SDSL is often faster than ADSL due to its low contention ratio and because the line is symmetrical, uploading is just as quick as downloading. The finding ignited controversy, with contention that the sample DNA was insufficiently complete for the conclusion and that the result reflected modern contamination. Elgammal, a resident of Dubai, was hoping to claw back into contention last weekend in the second round of the series held at his home track, the Dubai Autodrome. Barjees Tahir said Kashmir dispute is the basic point of contention and the issue is the cause of conventional and nuclear arms race in the region. These theories are speculative but perhaps less so than Strabo's contention that Pytheas was a charlatan just because a professional geographer doubted him. The question of whether Low German, as spoken today, should be considered a separate language, rather than a dialect of German or even Dutch, has been a point of contention. Agar made some shrewd signings, but with 20 new faces at the club it looked to be too difficult for them to be in contention for a play-off berth. He was never adequately replaced, but despite this and the sale of some of the club's best players, the side remained in contention for promotion until the beginning of April. Show More Sentences Maccabi would have been out of contention were it not for Stoke's profligacy, but their fortune eventually ran out as the visitors opened the scoring. The IRS credited E's contention, disputed by A, that A and E had a subsequent agreement that she would pay off the state tax debts and he was to pay the Federal tax debts. Other points of contention include certain practices viewed as innovating the religion, such as the mourning practice of tatbir, and the cursing of figures revered by Sunnis. Wood, who won the Qatar Masters in January, is in contention despite not being able to play a practice round at the Thana Club after delayed flights from Florida. Between 986 and 1081 the throne of Gwynedd was often in contention with the rightful kings frequently displaced by rivals within and outside the realm. The very existence is a source of contention among modern archaeologists. Emmerson, and Marjorie Reeves, all of whom focus on the central contention of medieval apocalypticists themselves that history is finite and seeks closure. The king's contention was that flogging, fines, degradation, and excommunication, beyond which the spiritual courts could not go, were insufficient as punishment. But Bellamy is in contention for a surprise comeback at Carrow Road tomorrow after passing his big fitness test in a reserve match against Cambridge United on Monday. The Diaspora vote remains to be the bone of contention considering SDSM' demand that Macedonia's expats be denied their right to elect their own legislators. At the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St George's, Faldo shot a fine third round of 67 and was briefly in contention for the tournament during the final round. This contention, however, has not been widely accepted, and most other scholars, such as John Fennell and Ruslan Skrynnikov continued to argue for their authenticity. The precise date of Easter has at times been a matter of contention. The promotion frequency of store brands supports the contention in Kruger and Struse that stores use house brands to force national brands to promote. But Lad Lorenz, director of capacity and operation planning for SoCalGas, disputed Friedman's contention that the state needs more intrastate gas pipelines. To this day the institution's locations are a source of contention. The Guadalcanal Campaign from 1942 to 1943 was a major contention point where American and Japanese forces struggled to gain control of Guadalcanal. Bruno once again got himself back into title contention with wins over former contender James Tillis and journeymen Reggie Gross and Chuck Gardner. Marcus Rediker argues that religion was another point of contention for the pirate, who saw the church as a piece of the system he wanted to escape. At the other end of the leader board, American Jerry Kelly, Italian teenager Matteo Manassero and last week's winner Adam Scott were also in contention. Show More Sentences This contrasts with the modern contention of neoclassical economics, that the value of a thing is determined by what one is willing to give up to obtain the thing. There are two basic points of contention concerning the Cinmar biface. Examples from Classical Literature It takes its kingdom with entreaty, and not with contention, and keeps it by lowliness of mind. Thus a mutual understanding and agreement upon certain terms is the normal mode of ending the contention. His contention that they cannot be reasoned about has led to the further charge of irrationalism. Disputes before these courts usually took the form of the tenson, or contention, already described. The contention so far had been that with the surfeit, coal would be so cheap that even the poorest could burn it unstintingly. If this main contention of the Critical teaching be accepted, Humes associationist standpoint is no longer tenable. Further proof that this contention is correct is that each copy bears an inscription in Whitman's holograph. It did, but I persisted in my standoffish attitude on that particular point of contention. But upon the loftier level of anthropic interests, less of harmony prevailed, and more of hot contention. Among the Troubadours, this species of musical dialogue took the form of the tenson, or contention. So far I concede the libertarian contention as to the demoralising effect of Determinism, if held with a real force of conviction. But the contention throws us back upon the academic question of what a suzerainty is. This had been a bone of contention between the master of the sea lion and his owner. She wants Texas as a focus of contention, a rallying point of sectionalism. But as a set-off he took for granted that Penelope was wrong, past contention. Thus what really occurs is precisely opposite to the hedonist's contention. His contention holds good for some cases, but not, in my experience, for the great majority of the hypertension cases. The present contention began about Zipporah, but it ended in Moses himself. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of contention? Words that rhyme with contention What is the plural of contention? What is the adverb for contention? What is the adjective for contention? What is the noun for contention? Translations for contention Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words contenting contentful contentedness contentedly contented content contentions contentious contentiously contentiousness contentless contently 10-letter Words Starting With c co con cont conte conten content contenti contentio