Sentence examples similar to an obvious contest from inspiring English sources

In the shadow of Ms. Merkel's victory, another less obvious contest was fought by players who, like their equivalents elsewhere in Europe, tapped a vein of discontent that seems too insidious for mainstream leaders to ignore.

A trio swayed in a rather obvious staring contest.

His selection could still cause dramatic changes to the contours of the contest without an obvious disruption to Mr. Romney's standing in the horse race.

On the one hand, the contest is an obvious chance for European nations, especially the less prominent ones, to flaunt their wares by singing in their native tongue, although that's no help if you happen to be Switzerland, say, whose tongues could hold a contest of their own; one Swiss entry was in Romansh.

But it turns out that Greene, chosen to compete in the newspaper's closely watched stock-picking contest, has an obvious reason to enthuse about San Diego-based Amylin.

After Frampton's win on Saturday, McGuigan said that a contest with Mexico's WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz was an "obvious fight".

It's perhaps an obvious question, but the outcome will have serious implications for the rest of the Republican contest.

One of the most obvious examples of a pissing contest is when somebody with a fleeting sense of clout asks you who you work for.

The reason for its enduring popularity is obvious, he says: It was an unambiguous contest of good versus evil, and the good guys won.

Seems obvious when written out, but not so obvious when you judge a photography contest.

The contests would include a belching contest, a pie eating contest, and a singing contest.