Sentence examples for and contest in the from inspiring English sources

In effect, in the absence of any direct experience of the future, expert judgement reflects assumptions about the future that are often deeply held and difficult to reveal, test, and contest in the same way as data can be used to verify facts.

Fresh from a year as a Fulbright and Smith-Mundt scholar at Harvard, Janner returned to a Harmsworth Scholarship at the Middle Temple and a contest in the 1955 General Election in which he was drubbed by the Conservative MP, Sir Cyril Black.

We're running the first ever TechCrunch Baltics meetup today with a mini-conference and pitch contest in the lovely city of Riga, Latvia.

It marked the second election in five months and fourth contest in the last two years.

"We made a lot of mistakes and lost the contest in the air," he said.

But Prandelli insists Italy will be ready for the world champions in the Olympic Stadium and believes the contest in the centre of midfield will be crucial.

A brief summary of the contest ins and outs after the jump.

Strange as it sounds ("contract" and "hot-dog-eating contest" in the same sentence?), it appears to be true.

All of this and more are under contest in the Supreme Court, where the two states are presently locked in a battle of substantial legal intricacy.

Spit them into a small cup if you're inside, or take the melon outside and have a spitting contest in the yard.

The sun as a source of pleasure and revitalisation became fully realised in the surf culture, which flourished on the wave of consumerism and bikini contests in the 1920s and 1930s.