7 sentences with 'dispute'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dispute and other words derived from it.
• « On the way, the crusaders and sailors learned of a succession dispute in Constantinople and decided to intervene. The intervention turned into an outright invasion, with the Crusaders carrying out a horrifically bloody sack of the ancient city. »
• « -Are the child's parents getting divorced? -Is there something shady going on, or is it a custody dispute? // Flores replied that he didn't think it was anything like that, as both parents were desperately looking for the child at the time. »
• « Even a gesture of simple sportsmanship can be elevated to great status, as happened in France in the semi-finals of the 1982 Open Tennis Tournament, featuring Mats Wilander. When the match-winning goal was in dispute, the umpire declared that a ball had gone out of Wilander's opponent, and Wilander went to speak to the umpire. "I don't want to win like that," he told him. "The ball was good. The match was replayed, and this time Wilander triumphed, unquestionably, in good style. »
• « Fear conflict and anger: Many insecure men and women will accept almost anything to avoid a dispute. »
• « In international arbitration, the states in conflict submit the dispute to the decision of an organisation or person, who will issue an unappealable ruling or judgement. The boundary issue between Chile and Argentina at Laguna del Desierto, for example, was resolved in the latter way. »
• « The case of Argentina's dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands is an example of resolving a conflict by force. In this case, there is historical, legal and geographical background to the Argentine state's exercise of sovereignty over the islands. »
• « The territories in dispute between nations tend to be located in areas of ambiguity with respect to geographical limits, and both the population and the activities carried out there do not have a very clear identity - national tradition, language, history, etc. - towards one country or the other. »