It has turned into a contentious issue in the current election campaign.

"For a long time this has been a contentious issue."

But he spent his first day in China playing down a series of contentious issues.

As in many cities, growth and development are contentious issues.

The power of a president to fire executive officials has long been a contentious political issue.

What to do with the money is one of the country's most contentious political issues.

But the committee has left the most contentious issues for last.

Both sides gave way on several contentious issues in the final hours.

Let me turn to the contentious issue of the A-30 lines.

Police pay has been a contentious issue in the county for well over a decade.

Exactly what happened at the council is a matter of dispute.

How many were killed there is a matter of dispute.

That is a matter of dispute between us, he said.

Just how many Americans remain to be found is a matter of dispute.

But the price has long been a matter of dispute.

Its role in the election was a matter of dispute.

The question has been a matter of dispute for decades.

Why this all came about is a matter of dispute.

But where else she might draw support was a matter of dispute.

The terms on which they met are a matter of dispute.