Sentences with phrase «been in contention since»

Before official business began, Teachout delivered her stump speech by addressing her background, which has been in contention since Gov. Andrew Cuomo challenged her New York State residency in court.

What of the dozens of other world wide sites that have been in contention since the beginning of time?

Not exact matches

The Oil Crescent Area has been in the hands of Haftar's LNA since 2016 and is a bone of contention for Libya's main political parties.

Since your mortgage is typically a low - rate debt, and tax - deductible in some cases, the contention is that there are other ways to use that money to earn more interest over time.

This understanding of God's relationship to the world has been enormously influential in contemporary philosophy of religion, especially since the publication in 1948 of The Divine Relativity from which the above quotation was taken.2 Although the consistency of divine relativity with the understanding of simultaneity in modem physics is a recognized point of contention, the question I wish to ask is whether the theory of divine relativity is metaphysically possible.3 How could it be possible for God to know and feel the different experiences of radically distinct subjects with equal vividness all at the same time?

Since it has always been a main contention of orthodox religion that God represents the very standard and meaning of morality, it comes as a shock to confront a view in which God and morals seem to fail apart and to be separate.

It may, therefore, seem odd to appeal to Russell in support of my argument, since it is his central contention that sexual activity should be determined primarily by romantic love, as it «is the source of the most intense delights that life has to offer.

Tiger is in contention of a real, live, actual PGA Tour event and he's got as good as shot as ever to win his first tournament since 2013.

The Chilean international has not featured for Arsenal since hobbling off against Norwich three weeks ago, but now seems to be in contention to face City thanks to a speedy rehabilitation process aided by the physio of the Chilean national team.

Mourinho confirmed in his press conference on Friday that Paul Pogba will start, while Eric Bailly could be in contention after being sidelined since November with an ankle injury.

Hiddink will be desperate for Pato — who scored 19 goals in 59 showings for Sao Paulo on loan since 2014 — to help fire Chelsea into unlikely contention for a European spot, while there may well be expectations that the Brazil forward could flourish in the Champions League.

Despite United boring their fans senseless in recent weeks, they are still well in contention to win their first Premier League title since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.

A lot can transpire between now and mid-November when NASCAR crowns its 2018 Cup Series champion, but there is every indication Busch will again qualify for the Final Four as he has every season since 2015 and be in contention to capture his second title in four years.

The guy was a head coach who QUIT on his new owner that he retroactively had signed a contract with, then intervewed for the Jets head job where I guess he brought a little too much Buffalo to the interview since he was eliminated from contention in just a couple of weeks, and now hes in Jacksonville where his main job is protecting Blake Bortles, which to use a Jacksonville analogy - is like being a strip mall rent - a-cop where your anchor store is a Big Lots that has been over run by opossoms.

Did you realize it's been over a year (last year's WGC at Doral) since he's been in contention?

The Spaniard is back in contention having not figured since early December due to an ankle injury.

Fernando Alonso admits he misses being part of Formula 1 championship fights now that it has been four years since he was last in title contention.

Rory McIlroy conceded on Sunday that the pressure of being in contention for his first win since before he banged up his ankle got to him as he faltered down the stretch of last week's Turkish Airlines Open.

For the first time since 2004, the Bills are still in playoff contention entering Week 17.

Left - back Benjamin Mendy is back in contention after a cruciate knee injury that has kept him out since September.

He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.

Mauro had not scored since the away game against Fiorentina which was followed by the winter break and an injury that kept him out of contention in February.

The Eagles will be without eight first teamers for the trip to Yorkshire, but are hopeful Ruben Loftus - Cheek can pass a fitness test and be in contention to play his first game since December.

He hasn't played since and has been asked by the coach Capello to play regularly to be in contention.

Jordan Henderson has been struggling with a hamstring injury of late and hasn't played in the league since 22 December, but the Liverpool captain has returned to full training and is in contention to start.

Judy also doesn't judge me when I'm in the about 15 items or less aisle with 16 or 17 items because the «about» clearly give you some leeway, which can be a bone of contention for some of the stick - up - their - butt cashiers who have been around since the stringent 10 items or less days.

The seat, since its establishment in 2007 has been in contention as far as its name is concerned.

The contention on Dr. Rawlings» eligibility comes after Nii Armah Ashietey, a failed parliamentary candidate, challenged in court that Zanetor's victory was unlawful since she's is not a registered voter.

The recognition of the IDC has been a bone of contention between the Senate Democrats and Republicans ever since the four, led by Sen. Jeff Klein, bolted their conference to form their own entity — a move intended as a «no confidence» sign in Senate Minority Leader John Sampson.

High levels of suspension rates for black and Hispanic students, and boys in particular, have been an issue of contention since the discipline code was strengthened during the Bloomberg era.

The Morton case was used by Gould as the main support for his contention that «unconscious or dimly perceived finagling is probably endemic in science, since scientists are human beings rooted in cultural contexts, not automatons directed toward external truth» [1].

I addressed the Paradox in my novel Permanence, coming up with a possible new solution for it; although Milan Cirkovic and other astrophysicists haven't disproved my central contention, they've since shown that it's not a show - stopper.

In the seven years since that threequel set box office records and earned a Best Picture nomination, the studio has had some generally liked if not quite loved triumphs (Finding Dory, Brave, Monsters University), one film that most would agree is at least in contention of «masterpiece» status (Inside Out), and some perplexing, unprecedented misses (Cars 2 & 3 plus the aforementioned Good DinosaurIn the seven years since that threequel set box office records and earned a Best Picture nomination, the studio has had some generally liked if not quite loved triumphs (Finding Dory, Brave, Monsters University), one film that most would agree is at least in contention of «masterpiece» status (Inside Out), and some perplexing, unprecedented misses (Cars 2 & 3 plus the aforementioned Good Dinosaurin contention of «masterpiece» status (Inside Out), and some perplexing, unprecedented misses (Cars 2 & 3 plus the aforementioned Good Dinosaur).

Since the news broke, both Gad himself and Trank took to Twitter to deny the rumor, but Movies.com updated their piece by adding, «We stand by what was told to us, especially since additional sources have since come forward to confirm it but it's a long casting process and we imagine various names are floating in and out of contention on a daily basis.&rSince the news broke, both Gad himself and Trank took to Twitter to deny the rumor, but Movies.com updated their piece by adding, «We stand by what was told to us, especially since additional sources have since come forward to confirm it but it's a long casting process and we imagine various names are floating in and out of contention on a daily basis.&rsince additional sources have since come forward to confirm it but it's a long casting process and we imagine various names are floating in and out of contention on a daily basis.&rsince come forward to confirm it but it's a long casting process and we imagine various names are floating in and out of contention on a daily basis.»

WHY: Splitting «The Hobbit» into three movies has been a point of contention among fans since it was first announced, and the futility of that decision has never been more evident than with «The Battle of the Five Armies,» a 144 - minute marathon of masturbatory excess in which the titular set piece — one that's contained within a single chapter in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel — makes up almost half of its bloated runtime.

Since sexuality can provoke so much contention in people, developing a film around these topics can be like walking through a minefield.

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Since New Jersey first started talking about revamping teacher evaluations, the biggest point of contention has always been the use of student performance in the equation.

Enthusiasm is presumably less strong among leaders of the neighboring Los Altos School District, where contention and strife — including legal action — have been the norm ever since Bullis Charter School was authorized by the county Board of Education in 2003.

It also will fly in the face of Apple (since there is a contention of Mac's vs. PC's ** aka.

If I were getting both of these cards I would consider a Marriott hotel and air package since the bonuses you'd receive from these two cards would put you in close contention of being able to redeem for one of these packages.

Since they are the main point of contention surrounding Star Fox Zero, few people have really given the rest of the game a fair and in - depth analysis, which Austin has attempted to do here.

CD was in that sense easier, I suppose completing it may be a point of contention since it had this weird mechanic of travelling through time as in the stage changed assets after running really fast.

The framerate seems like point of contention since it could happen like The Last Guardian; having sections that enter a slow mo of sorts, also drawing distances could improve with higher specs and pop ins technically shouldn't be as prevalent considering it's a catridge (I think that how it works right?).

A point of contention within the thread is that any new Red Dead game would be the third game in the series, since Red Dead Redemption is technically a sequel to Red Dead Revolver.

Even though I'm far less equipped than probably everyone else blogging here, I will continue to try to put the pieces together for myself and when I run into a point of contention in my thinking, do what I can to resolve it; And since several here have availed themselves to me, I'll likely continue to take advantage of RC bloggers» kindness as questions arise.

It can't really be worse than some of the stuff that has gone on since Climategate, etc. «hit the fan» and could hopefully address some of the many points of contention in an impartial and rational manner.

«All science is contention — we continue to learn, we must be humble at all times about what we know — but it seems to me very much sticking your head in the sand,» Beyer retorted, adding that debating over which year is the hottest was «silly» since 10 of the last 15 years were record warm years.

His position: • No evidence of increasing lake clarity as a result of secchi measurements since 1946 • The interplay of stratification and plankton productivity are not «straightforward» • Challenges O'Reilly's assumption on the correlation of wind and productivity - the highest production is on the end of the lake with the lowest winds • A strong caution using diatoms as the productivity proxy (it is one of two different lake modes) • No ability to link climate change to productivity changes • More productivity from river than allowed for in Nature Geopscience article • Externally derived nutrients control productivity for a quarter of the year • Strong indications of overfishing • No evidence of a climate and fishery production link • The current productivity of the lake is within the expected range • Doesn't challenge recent temp increase but cites temperature records do not show a temperature rise in the last century • Phytoplankton chlorophylla seems to have not materially changed from the 1970s to 1990s • Disputes O'Reilly's and Verbug's claims of increased warming and decreased productivity • Rejects Verburgs contention that changes in phytoplankton biomass (biovolume), in dissolved silica and in transparency support the idea of declining productivity.

Although this argument has waned somewhat since it was first strongly made in opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, recently this contention has arisen again in response to proposed new US climate change laws and in discussions about what the US position should be when it negotiates a post-Kyoto regime this December in Poland and next December in Copenhagen.