Sentence examples for a contest can be from inspiring English sources

That the match even remained a contest can be put down to a scratchy Ross Taylor and another heroic stand from Grant Elliott, whose sporting gesture in the semi-final was this week to cricket what John Landy's hand of sportsmanship is to long-distance running.

He may quit the sport again unless a contest can be arranged with Wladimir's older brother Vitali, who defended his title in February against Chisora, defeating the Briton by a unanimous decision.

As a retailer, however, you can't really understand what a powerful tool a contest can be until you try it.

Twice a year a contest can be held; one in the dry season and the other one in the wet season.

In a later stage a certain contest can be repeated and/or more integrated contests can be considered, combining different practices.

Whether such a friendly contest can be used as a yardstick by which to measure Test candidates is doubtful but then the selectors have little else to judge by.

Moreover, efforts by investors to replace directors through a proxy contest can be prohibitively expensive.

The importance of vote suppression in a close contest can be seen in the following hypothetical: say there are 1,000 voters evenly split, 500 to 500.

The people running "American Idol" apparently want viewers to believe participating in a singing contest can be hazardous to ones health.

Coming face to face with someone who has the power to win an important contest can be unnerving.

It had taken just two days of an eight-week campaign to show that an all-women contest can be just as vicious and unpleasant as those involving men.