Sentence examples for a contest would be from inspiring English sources

Moreover, counting uncontested votes in a contest would be irrelevant to a determination of whether certain uncounted votes constitute legal votes that have been rejected.

Such a contest would be triggered automatically if 46 MPs – 15% of the parliamentary party – write to the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Graham Brady.

Based on polling, it is clear that any such a contest would be closer than one featuring Le Pen against a centre-right candidate – Sarkozy or otherwise.

In the European elections in June, for example, tally results from Ian Paisley's North Antrim stronghold revealed that the TUV's leader, Jim Allister, had a huge percentage of votes and, translated into a Westminster contest, would be in with a fighting chance of taking the seat the Paisley dynasty have held since the 70s.

But he also openly worried about the price tag that will come with a drawn-out process, noting that dollars spent in a primary contest would be better spent on a general election campaign against President Barack Obama.

The big choice facing the Labour party in the event of a leadership contest would be whether to continue with Miliband's positioning on the left with a candidate like Burnham or swing back towards a more Blairite centre-ground with someone like the pro-business Umunna.

A more realistic contest would be a clash with Amir Khan, a domestic humdinger that has long been mooted but forever seems unlikely to happen, and more so after Khan beat the American Chris Algieri in Brooklyn on points on Friday night with a less-than-decisive display.

Few political strategists imagine that a Bush-Clinton contest would be a typical issue-driven race.

I have always felt that for a contest of this nature to be honest and ethical, the judges must be prepared to devote their time to give each entrant a full "hearing," otherwise the contest would be a sham.

The relatively disciplined front reflects the fact that no senior figure is ready to move against Brown: the only credible challenger to benefit from an early leadership contest would be the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, who has ruled himself out for fear of intrusion into his family life.

A game show format contest would be in order.