Adjective : a contentious crew. ,contentious issues.    From Dictionary.com. 

A relatively non-contentious recommendation could arise here.    From Wordnik.com.  [NAS Panel – What I'll Be Looking For « Climate Audit] Reference

Congo (DRC) were fine-tuning agreements on non-contentious issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Agreements, declarations and non-contentious cases are usually witnessed by one judge and twelve elders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

At this stage, 33 mostly non-contentious Bills have been tabled and are ready for Parliament to deal with.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It is mostly scripted with large amounts of time deliberately devoted to issues that must be non-contentious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

So why should polygamists changing their arguments suddenly cause such laws to disappear or become non-contentious?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do Political Beliefs Change?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The drafting process should include non-contentious and contentious issues, mancom chairman Mr Cyril Ramaphosa said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They merely identify contentious and non-contentious issues and make recommendations to the Constitutional Committee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayibuye Returns] Reference

By 7pm pm it had still not gathered, and drafting groups were using last-minute opportunities to tidy up non-contentious text.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

“I prefer to work those things out in a non-contentious way, casually, as opportunity will amply present itself in the coming year.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference

Assembly and 90 Senate members sitting together, has so far prepared only outline texts for a number of relatively non-contentious issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Ironically this meeting was also very short, because Labour asked for several items to be deferred and the rest of the agenda was non-contentious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some interesting minutes] Reference

I take "inalienable" as a simple and non-contentious adjective.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference

"Yes, I know you did," he remarked in placidly non-contentious tones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Damnation of Theron Ware] Reference

"I fear you HAVE tired yourself unduly," he said, in as non-contentious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Damnation of Theron Ware] Reference

Peart heads a group of 30 lawyers split into contentious and non-contentious teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

BLG has struggled over recent years to build a non-contentious technology practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

They would neither stand on a non-contentious platform with myself nor organise a single.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ireland Since Parnell] Reference

"We suspect the ECB will enjoy the luxury of a relatively non-contentious get-together,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

On the non-contentious record, the detail is overwhelming; on the issue everything is cloudy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Public Opinion] Reference

As such this leaves little space for manoeuvre and actually the need for non-contentious policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Sometimes a situation arises where an employee claims reimbursement of non-contentious expenses from work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

The first and comparatively non-contentious sections of the Bill passed with a good deal of talk and delay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference

Community safety wardens are a common sight in the area, helping to police the area in a non-contentious way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

And you equally haven't explained why Conservapedia endorses the lazy removal of non-contentious content for no reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

That leaves us with a ridiculous hour and a quarter left for boardroom - which, in a non-contentious week, is just insane.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

"Our strategy is to build a very strong non-contentious base that reflects our ­insurance sector practice," said Jabbari.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

And yet, somehow, Roethlisberger has remained non-contentious, resigned to his fate, as if admitting guilt via his silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [FanHouse Main] Reference

Her practice encompasses all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious and including transactional work.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

No, it's just the trendy, non-contentious vapid thing to say, repeat it often enough and your eyes sparkle, skin glows and your hips shrink.    From Wordnik.com.  [politicalbetting.com] Reference

This week on Hull on Estates and Succession Planning, Ian and Suzana talk about taking a non-contentious step toward obtaining a guardianship application.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toronto Estate Law Blog] Reference

Since then he has been working on building a non-contentious ­transactional technology team with the credibility to match his firm's globally known IP brand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

In other words, to 'get with the group' there needs to be a culture which accepts that people don't necessarily add value by contributing non-contentious thoughts.    From Wordnik.com.  [About :: Headshift] Reference

Last year the firm's revenue rose by 19.5 per cent, from £18. 5m to £22. 1m (see box), with fee income from the non-contentious IT group up by around 40 per cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

It is more than passing strange in the current climate to find a rated City construction team with a surfeit of work in both the contentious and non-contentious space.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Clinton fielded an array of non-contentious, often friendly, questions from Democrats as well as Republicans, signaling the likelihood that she will be confirmed swiftly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader - MassLive.com] Reference

Very plugged in, another non-contentious choice.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2007] Reference

There are some non-contentious bits too.    From Wordnik.com.  [The IPKat - IP news, views and mews] Reference