The phrase "alter contest" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to changing or modifying a contest, but the phrase lacks clarity and context.
Example: "We need to alter the contest rules to make them fairer for all participants."
Alternatives: "modify the contest" or "change the competition".
Mr. Bloomberg's spending is not only giving him a monetary advantage over his sole Republican rival, but if he wins the party's nomination, it also threatens to severely alter the contest with his eventual Democratic opponent.
For example, studies have shown that mere exposure to a potential opponent can increase aggressiveness (e.g., Argentine ants, Linepithema humile— Van Wilgenburg et al. 2010), and that observation of aggressive encounters between other individuals can alter future contest behavior of observers (e.g., Johnsson and Åkerman 1998; Oliveira et al. 1998).
The New Yorker has used the tools for a cartoon contest, and the New York Daily News recently held a photo-editing contest to alter the image of Air Force One's embarrassing flyover of New York City in April.
But the early primary contests sometimes alter perceptions of electability.
Email your altered photos to contest @ crunchgear.com — we didn't register crouchgear.com yet — and we'll post the entrants.
For example, contest experience may alter future competitive performance.
Many people, says Somin, acquire political knowledge for the reason people acquire sports knowledge — because it interests them, not because it will alter the outcome of any contest.
At times showing anger and at others a methodical determination to make all his points, Mr. McCain pressed his Democratic rival on taxes, spending, the tone of the campaign and his association with the former Weather Underground leader William Ayers, using nearly every argument at his disposal in an effort to alter the course of a contest that has increasingly gone Mr. Obama's way.
In that sense, the situation Stokes found himself in on a sporting pitch appeared ideal: lend some of England's safety-first approach initially to repel Lancashire's probing seam attack and then alter the momentum of the contest with some typically pugnacious strokes.
Thus, we show for the first time that exposure to a contaminant can alter the outcome of asymmetric contests via differential effects on each of the two roles.
