Sentence examples for Preliminary contest from inspiring English sources

The organizers of the Miss Italia beauty contest are puzzled why lustrous makeup intended to put the final touches on contestants in the weekend's preliminary contest caused skin rashes, puffy eyes and swollen cheeks.

The city government of Shanghai, which earlier this year had threatened to cancel a local Miss China preliminary contest, recently sent her as its representative on a business delegation to France.

When his comedian comrade, Matt Graham, wins a preliminary contest leading up to the big $25,000 national prize, Mr. Sherman notes, "It means money in his pocket and a couple weeks of respect".

After the dancing bear performance by the Swedish techno group last month at a Eurovision preliminary contest in Stockholm, the Russian ambassador to Sweden recommended that the performers be "treated in a psychiatric hospital".

Others have Washington Senators pitcher Joe Engel, a Mount St. Mary's graduate, pitching in an alumni game after watching a preliminary contest between the college's freshmen and a team from St . Marys, including Ruth.

Ten thousand of them participated in preliminary contests held in all but three of the forty-eight states.

Of six Congressional incumbents defeated in preliminary contests so far this year, four were veteran members of the appropriations panel who found themselves on the defensive.

The first final of the European Championship (then known as the European Nations' Cup) took place in 1960 after two years of preliminary contests between 17 national football clubs.

Its popularity is growing: LG says more than 15,000 people entered preliminary contests this year, more than double the number last year.

Trickett once more went to the Thames to row against Ned Hanlan, but these preliminary contests in Sydney marked the end of Rush's World Championship ambitions.

Each math class was charged with holding a preliminary memorization contest and a preliminary round of a "Jeopardy!" knockoff that had categories like "Famous Circles in History".