How To Use Disputed In A Sentence

Although the council has already certified several B.C. fisheries, such as hake, halibut and Fraser sockeye (the latter particularly disputed by some environmental groups) as sustainably managed, the dogfish is proving trickier. Canada.com Top Stories
The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
In fairness to Mr Wilkins, had he disputed that it would have been unarguable.
Tyson pays his respects to the last guy who beat him and Britain's undisputed world heavyweight champion.
This case for a belief module is far from unassailable, and indeed every one of these prongs is still vigorously disputed, but the whole picture is compelling.

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Similar struggles exist in east Malaysia, where the land rights of indigenous groups are bitterly disputed with loggers eager to harvest the timber for export.
In effect the accuracy of the vast majority of the series' facts could not be disputed or questioned in any way.
Although heavily cut and in indifferent mono sound, Maria Callas' version is undisputedly a classic.
In recognition of this iconoclast, pioneer, perfectionist and undisputed king of the tailored suit, we present five things you didn't know about Armani -- the man and the empire.
Some have long disputed the very idea of a frontier of ‘free land’ because of the presence of the numerous Indian peoples whose subjugation was required by the nation's westward march.
A historic referendum announced yesterday will allow them to have their say on the disputed territory's future. The Sun
Undisputedly, women and their wider job opportunities are essential for the development of the nation.
Heat energy travels in the sun by conduction and radiation around the core, and by convection nearer the surface, but the position of the so-called convective boundary between these regions is disputed. New Scientist - Online News
Suppose a divisional manager in a multidivisional firm decides to sue a customer to resolve a disputed debt. Managing Strategic Relationships
Another example of a disputed usage is whether it's permissible to use they as a singular pronoun. Times, Sunday Times
As an international vulgate institution of labor and social security, minimum wage is disputed after its birth.
It has become the most famous and hotly disputed California ballot measure since Proposition 13 cut property taxes in 1978.
Huge tongues of flames, the source of which is disputed, licked the last traces of life from the once flourishing township.
Deeply antagonistic to reformist compromises with bourgeois democracy, syndicalists also disputed the Leninist strategy of organizing revolution via a vanguard party.
The Eastern expansion of NATO is another disputed issue between Europe and the United States.
However, York ran into a bad period when lock Brad Macdonald was yellow carded and then, a few minutes later, long-serving lock Spanton was sent off in a hotly disputed incident as the referee penalised him for stamping.
I was really hoping to unearth a decent movie this time, and I came up with an undisputed classic.
prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
The international evidence on free schools is also much disputed. Times, Sunday Times
Clashes between police and opposition protesters in Zanzibar over disputed elections have led to an unconfirmed death toll of 37.
The effectiveness of this treatment is still hotly disputed.
I don't think anyone has sympathy for what was undisputedly a racist statement.
The landlords disputed that contention on two grounds. Times, Sunday Times
Other features of the act were the adoption of the first-past-the-post system and the establishment of the High Court as the court of disputed returns.
He is that, all right - the undisputed leader of the pack.
The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements.
He is the undisputed backbench champion of the well-publicized empty gesture.
But most importantly, Kathie remains the undisputed queen of the council chamber.
Within the disputed border region, military forces from the neighboring state continue to consolidate their positions.
The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
The international evidence on free schools is also much disputed. Times, Sunday Times
But how much more difficult when the right course of action for the patient is disputed. Times, Sunday Times
He disputed this apparently plausible report with some vigour. Times, Sunday Times
Their presence is unquestioned and undisputed - their importance almost like an extra club in the bag.
‘Some people believe aspartame gives them headaches,’ Schardt says, but this notion is disputed by most research.
The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements.
Most people who give disputed evidence in court find it a deeply stressful and unpleasant experience. Times, Sunday Times
But claims of a huge population boom swamping services are disputed.
The North has declared what it calls a firing zone in disputed waters off its west coast. CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009
KUWAIT _ Unarmed Iraqis in civilian clothes crossed into Kuwait for the second time in as many days Monday and removed equipment from a disputed naval base Baghdad considers within its own territory, a U.N. official said. ANC Daily News Briefing
That Reagan has in recent years become the undisputed polestar of the American Right is itself curious. Daniel Cluchey: Searching for Ronald Reagan
They warred over disputed territory.
Secondly, the planners have allowed the opening of a shop within yards of the disputed shutters that does not conform with disability rights legislation.
No one really disputed that there is a difference in performance b/t blacks andwhite. The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
The old prince disputed it chaffingly, but without getting angry. War and Peace
The taxman is demanding that some pay back all the disputed tax upfront before the tribunal issues its verdict. Times, Sunday Times
David Berman has disputed this view, arguing that Collins is, in fact, an atheist.
Niamh has a voice of undisputed international quality and she also exudes charismatic quality, which guarantees a vibrant live performance.
Thus, I cannot fathom Mr. Halevi's suggestion that the Israelis answer this repudiation of their most basic national rights with still more unilateral concessions, in the form of an open-ended freeze on construction in the disputed territories. Maybe the Right Middle East Term Is 'Peace For Land'
This assessment, however, was disputed in the airline's board approved strategic plan, which valued the duty-free operations at less than US $3 million.
Brundage also disputed previous media accounts, including in reports from The Associated Press, attributing to him quotes from documents with his name handwritten at the top. The Oshkosh Northwestern Latest Headlines
To those whom I have told this story since, some have disputed whether this was correct application of the sharia, primarily upon two grounds: (1) that she was not a Believer, and therefore sharia cannot apply, or (2) that the punishment for fornication is merely a hundred lashes, not the death by stoning required for adultery. The Parable of the Spider
It is also the last moment at which we were a genuine, undisputed world power. Times, Sunday Times
And are continuing on legislation with respect to this health care deform which is and has been clearly disputed as outside their also legal authority, and Constitutional duties and functions other than to regulate those industries more significantly in order to reduce those costs, since it has been the costs, not the availability, that has been the major problem for most of those that still remain uninsured. Georgia Judge Violates Constitution 101: Trashes Res Ipsa Loquitur In The Process
How likely is it that people will voluntarily renounce them because of a disputed threat to the planet? Times, Sunday Times
As the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, he rightfully believed that the title position put his place in the uppity-stratospheric levels shared by other internationally famous, extremely wealthy and very powerful male WASP sports figures of his day (think Babe Ruth or John L. Sullivan). The Daily News - News
Adding to the unrest is nationwide outrage over the recent disputed presidential election. The Sun
Margo and Big Tom were the undisputed favourites among the Irish in England.
They joke about the hotly-disputed incident every time they meet.
The cooperatives, undisputed market leaders in the production of acidophilic plants for garden centres, cannot give up on a policy of research.
The deceased had undisputedly died in police custody.
There is evidence that they damage the immune system and cause cancer in animals; the effects on humans are disputed.
By doing so and legislating the Qassas laws, the post-revolutionary state endowed fathers with the undisputed right of life and death over their children.
Since disputed elections on June 12, Iran has been thrown into a political crisis as protesters - who at their peak numbered hundreds of thousands in the weeks after the vote - took to the streets to challenge what they called the fraudulent reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories
Any list of bad sequels that does not list Highlander II as the all-time el-supremo undisputed champ of a stinking stinkeroo of a stinker is not the pixels used to post it. EW's Top 25 Worst Sequels
Deutsche Telekom termed the RICO lawsuit "absurd" and said it didn't do anything illegal in acquiring the disputed 48% stake from the Polish investor, Court Rejects Vivendi Suit
The overall trend in peasant living standards during the period is hotly disputed.
To my mind that telex is a plain acceptance of the amount demanded, since it plainly describes the amount as undisputed.
That both sides have offered their respective industries handsome sums in state funding cannot be disputed.
It shows how ideas that seem absurd and barbaric to most of us nowadays were the undisputed norm only a century ago.
The members of the town coucil disputed for hours about whether to build a new museum.
You say she disputed the name prion because it did not behave as a protein under radiation. Tikvah Alper.
It sets out both countries' duties to re-admit their own citizens, and identifies how nationality will be determined if it is disputed.
He disputed the notion that single-party control was a bad thing. Times, Sunday Times
Young wives naturally prefer to be undisputed queen of their own establishment.
The ownership of the restaurant is disputed.
Pye's own estate lay in disputed territory which changed hands at least twice.
But this is hotly disputed by some evolutionist experts themselves, and it is just as reasonable to presume that theropods did not have those last two sacs.
And again the knife-edged passage was disputed, and again they fell back to the beach. Koolau the Leper
The relatively recent controversial permissions to remarry the divorced and make women presbyters arguably had biblical warrant, though minorities disputed this.
They disputed at great length what they should do.
Its broader, unpredictable political, military, economic and geostrategic ramifications will be felt, analysed and disputed for years to come.
They disputed about the land for the economic and technological development zone.
If that is the best on offer I will be the undisputed champion very quickly indeed. The Sun
By 1846, they came to an agreement over the disputed 3000 mile boundary that separated the two nations.
Other clubs in the top division are not having the same crises of confidence between the sticks where there is an undisputed number one.
You're the former undisputed world cruiserweight champion and four times heavyweight champion of the world. The Sun
I live in Praha, which is undisputedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Suit-of-meat Diary Entry
Scott must surely be heralded as the undisputed heavy weight champion of the action adventure spectacular.
Written at the time of the Good Friday agreement, and especially poignant now, in the wake of the conclusion of the Bloody Sunday inquiry, "Sunrise" chews over the disputed names of the towns of Hannon's birth and youth, (London) derry and Enniskillen (aka Inis Ceathlain), before mounting to a moving crescendo: "Who cares where national borders lie?" he croons. An Evening of Political Song; The Duckworth Lewis Method; Seasick Steve
As long as he stayed in the company, he was the undisputed leader and chief executive. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices
But there are querulous voices, conflicting histories, and disputed landscapes.
Thousands have been rounded up since last year's disputed presidential election. Times, Sunday Times
That evening, at the Villa Aioussa, there gathered a courtly assembly, of much higher rank than Algiers can commonly afford, because many of station as lofty as her own had been drawn thither to follow her to what the Princesse Corona called her banishment -- an endurable banishment enough under those azure skies, in that clear, elastic air, and with that charming "bonbonniere" in which to dwell, yet still a banishment to the reigning beauty of Paris, to one who had the habits and the commands of a wholly undisputed sovereignty in the royal splendor of her womanhood. Under Two Flags
She was the undisputed queen of chic when it came to hip Capri pants with a baggy jumper and a ponytail, managing to look simultaneously casual yet impeccably turned out.
Richard disputed the right, and protested that his land was not _heriotable. The Coming of the Friars
The effectiveness of this treatment is still hotly disputed.
What is not disputed is that the bell was standing in a belfry atop the Kettins church by the late 17th century, before it was taken down and placed in the churchyard in 1893.
The attempt to place Thomas in the Welsh bardic tradition because of his alliterative style largely fails since the poet himself disputed it.
A group of youths hoisted their flag on top of the disputed monument.
In any event, it is not disputed that an account of profits arises irrespective of the grant of an injunction.
Chinese officials have disputed the FDA's finding that the contaminant was a substance called oversulfated chondroitin sulfate. China Never Investigated Tainted Heparin, Says Probe
a delimited frontier through the disputed region
In the story, the science of global warming is referred to as "indisputable" - "except that it is highly disputed, so it must be disputable. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
In a completely controlled economy, as China's used to be, government leaders might have made economically inefficient decisions, but their authority wasn't disputed.
Maeve Binchy , the undisputed queen of romantic fiction , is the favourite author.
The most disputed regional elections were cancelled by Hodge but the new elections again led to rightist triumph.
The new Hudson's Bay Company then held undisputed sway over Rupert's Land and the Pacific West until U.S. immigrants challenged British possession of Oregon and obtained the present boundary (1846). Yahoo! Search: canada
Conflicts continue between the opposing camps following the decision by the Ukraine Supreme Court to annul the disputed result of the presidential election of November 21 and order a revote on December 26.
I'd put my bet down that oat bran will come out the undisputed leader! The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
After a rough and disputed contest - the aluminium industry was notorious for its murders and gangsterism - he won.
It was not disputed that the words were spoken on a privileged occasion, but the plaintiff alleged that the privilege was defeated by malice on the defendant's part.
It was well, too, that under a new dynasty, with its title disputed, England should not encourage France to continue the friendly policy of Louis XIV towards James, the deposed Stuart Pretender. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars
I don t know many men of fifty six who are as fit as you are and the whole community salutes you, the undisputed King of Booleigh!
Our soldiers disputed every inch of ground.
Whilst Marx disputed with Hegel's dialecticism and counterposed it with Historical Materialism - putting it simply, that economic conditions determined consciousness, ideas, economic evolution, etc - I felt that Hegel was not wrong, but that his perspectives could be said to describe particular stages of socio-psychological development in the course of socio-economic evolution. Asian
Mineral rights on most of the disputed land in Gallatin are owned separately from surface rights and have been leased to Huber by absentee landlords. 07/05/2004
Williams won the undisputed title in 1947 by kayoing his one-time conqueror, Bob Montgomery.
The undisputed heavyweight champion of sporting goods has continued to outshine its former sparring partner. Times, Sunday Times
The medicinal and magical properties of the forest are undisputed.
Most especially Luther disputed the sale of indulgences whereby, as Luther perceived, believers might buy forgiveness for themselves or their departed relatives.
The land near the border is disputed ground.
[FN#330] The litholatry of the old Arabs is undisputed: Manát the goddess-idol was a large rude stone and when the Meccans sent out colonies these carried with them stones of the Holy Land to be set up and worshipped like the Ka'abah. Arabian nights. English
Brind seemed somewhat rattled by a few disputed calls at critical junctures of the match.
Assyria's decline -- the change whereby she passed from the assailer to the assailed, from the undisputed primacy of Western Asia to a doubtful and precarious position. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
In any event, he will remain the nation's undisputed leader until his last breath.
The approach Rorty wants to inherit and critically develop John Dewey's philosophy is always disputed in American philosophy.
The crowd seemed inclined to wait just a brief while longer in order to see Nola put up on the catasta and to hear the bid of twenty aurei made for her by her mother -- a bid which, at the praefect's commands, was to be final and undisputed. "Unto Caesar"
We have heard just a week ago, that a Billion dollar discrepance, disputed charges the Army says they were billed this Billion dollars for services they never got. Tomorrow-- The OpEdNews/Zogby Poll Asks Questions Progressives Want answers to
This ardent nature awoke fire beneath the ashes; the proud bearing of the Indian suited the chivalric hidalgo; and then, weary of the Spanish nobles, in whom he no longer had confidence, disgusted with the selfish mestizoes, who wished to aggrandize themselves at his expense, he took a pleasure in turning to that primitive race, who have disputed so valiantly the American soil with the soldiers of Pizarro. The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love
Remember how Manchester had supposedly become the undisputed centre of the footballing universe? The Sun
Few disputed that a bride's personal items, her trousseau, went with her.
Israel's Housing Ministry has announced plans to build 238 Jewish homes in disputed East Jerusalem, despite opposition from the United States and Palestinians. Israel Approves New Construction in Disputed East Jerusalem
For several weeks already, students in Soweto schools had disputed a policy change that would have forced them to study certain nonlanguage subjects such as mathematics through the medium of Afrikaans. 'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
However, members of Adair's former C Company disputed the claims of former comrades that he was killed because of his role in the bitter feud within the organisation.
Sufferers show greater signs of anxiety and stress, though whether this is cause or effect is disputed.
Two years ago, I posed the question to the Yankees' manager about using the replay on disputed fair-foul dingers.
He disputed Cross's evidence though he admitted he had told another prisoner that he had been involved.
In fact the epical format viewed as the enactment of a predestinarian spiral whose end is never in doubt is indisputedly a mythical conception.
The infectious agent is commonly called a prion, the pr-i standing for proteinaceous infectious, though my mother, in fact, always disputed the term because her work showed that the agent was not destroyed by radiation that would inactivate both DNA and protein. reply Tikvah Alper.
Marathon; "Yet," said their orators, or orator, in conclusion, "while we maintain our right to the disputed post, it becomes us not, at this crisis, to altercate on the localities of the battle. Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
The contention that they were stridently opposed to the uprising is robustly disputed.
The agreement establishes commissions to delineate the disputed border and provides for the exchange of prisoners and the return of displaced people.
The undisputed heavyweight champion of sporting goods has continued to outshine its former sparring partner. Times, Sunday Times
In particular, the speaker expressed fears that the redeliberation of the disputed bills could give rise to the tricky question as to whether other bills approved in the same manner should be retroactively restudied.
If all the disputed electoral votes went to Hayes, he would win; just one of them would elect Tilden.
Despite getting a reprieve from the Supreme Court, which allowed it to mine in undisputed areas, the company was again blocked by the local government. The Bellary Minefield
But, in the past, the species unity of mankind has been hotly disputed.
All true and undisputed and worth remembering, Ted, but somewhat beside the intended point.
It is undisputed that both "November" and "Tax" borrow heavily from the respective originals. MA GOP's lame ad and James Taylor's copyright: upon further analysis, it's still not "fair use"
So one company found a way to book significant portions of disputed revenue before the contingencies were removed.
This placed the unit in a disputed region, working alongside local security forces to counter insurgents. Times, Sunday Times
It is undisputed that the increasing trend to learn and use English is desirable.
Car thefts in which the keys have been left in the vehicle often lead to disputed claims.
Then Manuel Marulanda , the FARC's founder and undisputed leader , died, supposedly of a heart attack.
Therefore, certification is an acceptable and conciliatory method for determining a state court's opinion regarding an unsettled or disputed question of law.
Now, underpinning all of those particular questions is the much more general consideration: what, if any, disputed question of fact is there in this case?
He also disputed the number of car parking spaces, which reputedly would be available in the immediate vicinity of the licensed premises.
Conflicts continue between the opposing camps following the decision by the Ukraine Supreme Court to annul the disputed result of the presidential election of November 21 and order a revote on December 26.
While construction in disputed territories does undermine peace prospects the focus on the issue has been engineered by Palestinians and diverts attention from their failings. Times, Sunday Times
Government officials now estimate 54,000 people are dead in the disputed territory.
Mehi Karroubi, one of the defeated reformist candidates in June's disputed presidential elections, attacked Ahmadinejad at the weekend for his "adventurist" nuclear policy. The Guardian World News
A noble Peer, for example, (whose wisdom is not to be disputed, since the Abbe Mably calls him the English Socrates, *) asserts that the French troops are the best clothed in Europe; yet letters, of nearly the same date with the Earl's speech, from two Generals and a Deputy at the head of different armies intreat a supply of covering for their denudated legions, and add, that they are obliged to march in wooden shoes! A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795
An election in the disputed riding saw William McCullock, the man who should have been awarded the seat in the first place, lose to newcomer Victor Timbro.
The familiar refrain that school days are the happiest of your life is much disputed now but few doubt that the years spent at university are pivotal. Times, Sunday Times
Turks especially deride, Christ's incarnation, resurrection of the body at the last day, quod ideo credendum (saith Tertullian) quod incredible, &c. many miracles not to be controverted or disputed of. Anatomy of Melancholy
For fifty years England held undisputed sway upon the sea, controlled markets, and domineered trade, laying, during that period, the foundations of her empire. The Shrinkage of the Planet
Gotarzes, who was generally accepted for king, and might have reigned without having his title disputed, had he not given indications of a harsh and cruel temper. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
Such tactics may be permissible under certain interpretations of Canadian criminal and constitutional law, but their legality is disputed by the BCCLA. Vancouver 2010 and Civil Liberties : Law is Cool
Our right to St Helena is indisputable in law and undisputed in fact. Times, Sunday Times
These conclusions, though hotly disputed by other researchers, were based on extensive examinations of soil samples from across the continent; in strata from that era, scientists found widely distributed soot and also magnetic grains of iridium, an element that is rare on Earth but common in space. The Sky Is Falling
Some reliance was placed on this by him since the Claimant, it is not disputed, falls within that very broad category.
The Soviet Union basketball team displayed tremendous nerve to find the net in the disputed last seconds of the 1972 Olympic final.
This statement was never disputed by Dreser, who contributed the next article in the same publication.
It is undisputed that the conduct depicted in crush videos may constitutionally be prohibited. The Volokh Conspiracy » Big First Amendment win in United States v. Stevens
Ever mindful of the value of the day's booty(Sentencedict), the ownership of the halter was briskly disputed.
Another example of a disputed usage is whether it's permissible to use they as a singular pronoun. Times, Sunday Times
While their legitimacy is being disputed in some quarters, to many Pollock authorities the paintings appear genuine.
Monarchs disputed successions and made political marriages in a relentless campaign for empire.
On the other hand, it is reassuring to find undisputed giants of human progress like Shakespeare, Newton, Darwin and Brunel up there, too.
Within the disputed border region, military forces from the neighboring state continue to consolidate their positions.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has disputed Mhlongo's testimony, saying he was being used to "besmirch" the ANC. ANC Daily News Briefing
Of the antilegomena he pledges himself to record when any ancient writer _employs_ any book belonging to their class ([Greek: tines hopoiais kechrêntai]); but as regards the undisputed Canonical books he only professes to mention them, when such a writer has something to _tell about them_ ([Greek: tina _peri_ tôn endiathêkôn eirêtai]). Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
The validity of rectal distension measurements, usually determined with pressure-volume relations, is disputed.
The facts relied upon by Mr Reynolds before the judge were clear and undisputed.
The rundown: After more than a decade of being platooned with Brad Friedel and complaining about it, Keller is the undisputed USATODAY.com
the undisputed fact
Two years ago almost 200 protesters were shot dead in a wave of protests that followed disputed elections. Times, Sunday Times
Undisputedly, Robert was the twins' biological father.
What is highly disputed, however, is the dose of radiation that will result in ill effects.
Exactly when this will happen is hotly disputed. Times, Sunday Times
This was a territory of religion, ideology, blood-letting, a land forever fought over, passionately disputed. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
He would not have her name defiled in the mouths of such men as drank his wine daily and nightly, and disputed the existence of any virtue in woman. The Golden Dog
David Hollander, also at South Florida, found some of the first plumes of the oil beneath the surface, something that government officials first disputed but now concede is real. Gulf Oil Spill 6 Month Anniversary: A Look At The Health Of The Ocean
The disputed middleweight champion was undisputedly the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

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