Sentence examples for Resolve the contest from inspiring English sources

The leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance had hoped to resolve the contest between Jafari and Adel Abdul Mahdi, a secular economist, by consensus, but ended up deciding the matter by a 64 to 63 vote.

American assets abroad rose by $422 billion but foreign holdings in America grew by $693 billion, reflecting continued confidence in its economy.See article: The Fed tightens, sort ofAn attempt was made to resolve the contest for leadership of the World Trade Organisation between New Zealand's Mike Moore and Thailand's Supachai Panitchpakdi.

If the score of the game is tied after nine innings, extra innings are played to resolve the contest.

Now, the question for Congress, I suppose, would be, though I don't see how this court could get into that question at this stage, but the question would be, is a particular change extending a deadline for exigent circumstances, because a recount has been authorized, a change in the judicial or methods of procedures for resolving the contest?

Whatever the outcome of this week's primaries, the pressure to resolve the Democratic contest can only increase.

The Times's Carl Hulse writes party leaders in Congress have been increasingly willing to step up their role in resolving the nominating contest between Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, "pressing superdelegates who had yet to declare a preference in the race to make their choice public by the middle of next week".

Aboard his campaign plane Wednesday evening, Mr. Obama called the proposal by Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee for resolving the nominating contest in June "a good one" — though Mr. Obama seemed to be endorsing a June conclusion more than Mr. Bredesen's idea of convening a meeting of superdelegates to settle the nomination.

Like so many of the other supposedly decisive moments in this campaign — the New Hampshire primary and Super Tuesday spring to mind — Tuesday night's showdown in Texas and Ohio once again failed to resolve the Democratic presidential nominating contest.

In other words, the concerto, in whatever guise it assumes, reveals a continuing need to resolve the antithetical ideas of concord and contest.

Tyson didn't contest the facts, agreed to resolve the charges with a deferred prosecution and paid a $4 million criminal penalty.

She eventually pleaded no contest to reckless driving and paid $100 to resolve the matter.