Sentences with phrase «as contentious»

NAR exists because, as contentious as things sometimes get within our association, without organized real estate, both our industry as we know it and the concept of private ownership in this country would be diminished.

Couples in the midst of a biter breakup may want to think twice before starting litigation as a contentious divorce can have long - term negative impacts on the children, Toronto... Read more

Couples in the midst of a biter breakup may want to think twice before starting litigation as a contentious divorce can have long - term negative impacts on the children, Toronto family lawyer Richard Diamond tells AdvocateDaily.com.

He points to Segregated Witness (SegWit), a scaling upgrade that was recently added to bitcoin, as a contentious soft fork.

A change to the bitcoin protocol that is not backwards compatible, the hard fork has emerged as a contentious issue given what some in the community view as its potential risks.

There are few issues as contentious among Android users as the value of user interface «enhancements» baked - in by various OEMs.

Bitcoin's Big Compromise Is Unravelling As a Contentious Upgrade Threatens to Split the Network

Another small tweak to the protocol, it emerged as a contentious idea because of the possibility that it could «bloat» the blockchain in a way that harms overall scalability.

Then of course there are tribunals deciding on the construction of facilities with massive impact on property rights and which can be just as contentious as a family law case (see, e.g., every transmission line hearing ever).

Having started her career as a contentious construction lawyer, Geraldine has been with Vario for four years, experiencing our clients» challenges first - hand and supporting our lawyers to deliver world - class client service.

It also seems to be an issue that's every bit as contentious as football, politics and the road to world peace.

The debate continues, but in the context of unclear law as well as contentious policy.

One of the major professional indemnity insurers recently reported that over half of their personal injury related claims result from problems over time limits, and it wasn't very far behind in other fields, such as contentious employment.

Disputes over wills and estates — also known as contentious probate — can be difficult for all parties.

However it may stop the process becoming contentious, or as contentious, if the employer has made best endeavours to support the claimant.

Few things are as contentious in the bar in Ontario as the scope of paralegals.

United by their common enthusiasm and ongoing dialectics in delving into legal topics linked to corporate dynamics, Alberti & Fontana deals with M&A, industrial and intellectual property (trademarks, patents, unfair competition, copyright), labor and corporate law, out - of - court stage (drawing up and providing consultancy for corporate contracts, company deeds, license contracts), as well as contentious, arbitral and administrative proceedings.

I figured a real world drop was more realistic than reversing the steep 1980 - 2000 rise and would not be as contentious as reversing global warming!

Many media outlets missed this point with headlines that continue to frame climate change as a contentious science.

We knew this already, of course, but it's surprising that subject matter as contentious as this can throw up such beautiful detail; blue and white Israeli flags jarring against the lush green of a suburban garden, a crushed beer can still radiating colour from the top of a landfill site.

Pac - Man Party also eliminates Mario Party's many random events as well as the contentious bonus stars which artificially kept the proceedings competitive.

Will Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan be just as contentious?

Few arguments in education are as contentious — or as misleading.

Although the public presentation of charter school research today is nearly as contentious as it was when the AFT report made waves in 2004, beneath the radar screen is a growing convergence on a set of findings that fit neither the rosy predictions of the early advocates nor the dire fears of the early critics:

Aren't the intellectual parts of the curriculum just as contentious as civics courses?

No single study will settle the political debate over an issue as contentious as school vouchers.

Set amidst the postwar austerity of early 1950s London, «Vera Drake» offers the viewer a decidedly ambivalent brand of nostalgia, while addressing a subject — abortion — that is still, at least in some quarters, as contentious today as it was half a century ago.

They're evenly matched and believable as a contentious couple who no longer see eye to eye but still deeply love one another.

Fossils can be just as contentious.

«To my mind, it is not as contentious or complicated as it is being made out to be, once we are agreed that it will not be intrusive, that it will respect national sovereignty and that it will not undermine the [U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change] and the Bali Action Plan.»

When other UW employees tried to unionize, administrators cast collective bargaining as a contentious approach that can harm the university.

It's not as contentious,» she said.

On Monday, Mr. Cuomo met with Assembly Democrats in Albany in a meeting that some participants described as contentious at times.

With things in the nation's capital as contentious as they've been over the past decade, who knows if any of these potential candidates would really want to pursue the 1st District seat.

So if nothing else, the next twelve months of legislation are set to be just as contentious as the last.

Despite being castigated by many publishers and editors for having made what they regard as contentious recommendations about press regulation he has refused to be drawn on the issue.

Former state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada was beaming outside court yesterday as contentious jury deliberations in his Brooklyn federal corruption trial plodded along.

But few points are as contentious as his ambitious education reform plans, and the governor was particularly riled up about these points during his Rochester visit.

Earlier this week, de Blasio warned that those elections could be as contentious as recent school board elections in Los Angeles.

When it comes to parental disagreements, few subjects are as contentious as picking your baby's name.

Now, we know at first reading this comes as a contentious one.

The short - term spending bill, while not nearly as large or as contentious as the tax reform, was nonetheless critical to avoiding what could have been a disastrous government shutdown over the holidays.

Not exact matches

UK politicians watched on uneasily as May was pictured hand - in - hand with Trump in Washington, whose contentious travel ban and controversial remarks triggered huge protests in London and cities across the country.

Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but only in dealing with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.

The meeting hopefully curbed a potentially contentious back - and - forth as seen at Hewlett - Packard's (HP) annual gathering when Jackson grilled CEO Meg Whitman.

The TPP is highly contentious, as it would foster greater trade with countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam, which can pay workers an hourly wage of less than 50 cents.

Fresh off recent controversies, such as last year's pumpkin spice controversy or this year's widely criticized RaceTogether campaign, the newest dissension seems to be far less contentious, though no less visible.

The partnership unraveled amid circumstances that remain murky and contentious even today, and the company appeared to be doomed as well, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

In sum, women do not love Trump as much as men do, and in a contentious race, this will matter.

It developed a contentious relationship with the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, soon after launching its service there in September as its first market.