Sentence examples for a proper contest from inspiring English sources

We're after a proper contest.

Mr Bertinotti wants a proper contest.

But in those constituencies where there was a proper contest, the turnout was significantly higher.

Both sides have got to want to scrummage and make a proper contest.

May has demanded a "proper contest" as polling suggests she is racing towards victory.

The first is that Labour will be damaged if Gordon Brown is not tested by a proper contest.

Section 5, Justice Breyer's proposed remedy -- remanding to the Florida Supreme Court for its ordering of a constitutionally proper contest until Dec. 18 -- contemplates action in violation of the Florida election code, and hence could not be part of an "appropriate" order authorized by Florida Statutes, Section 102.168 8).

At least the party is having a proper leadership contest this time and the winner will have a mandate.

And, still, their games against each other were proper contests, a four-pointer and a nine-pointer.

The lack of proper contests means that 15 of the past 17 Ashes series have been taken by the first team to win a Test.

Like other businesses, teams want to vanquish their rivals but not to obliterate them, since without proper contests the sport's appeal wanes.