Sentence examples for avoiding a contest from inspiring English sources

He is, to be sure, avoiding a contest for the position of Republican whip, which he might have lost to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, who leads the party's campaign arm.

Hot Rod and the Tories Brinkmanship ReprintsMr Michael would clearly prefer to avoid a contest.

Labor is determined to avoid public dissent over the leadership and, if possible, also to avoid a contest.

Justine Greening, the international development secretary, suggested the party should avoid a contest at all and anoint a Johnson/May joint ticket, in either order.

I also think it is one of the secondary reasons why Brown himself was so determined to avoid a contest after he ousted Tony Blair in 2007.

He has been preserved for reasons related to Labour's constitutional need for a deputy leader and the prime minister and the chancellor's private wish to avoid a contest to fill the role this summer.

In an interview on the San Francisco talk radio station KGO, Mr. Reid said that he had spoken with Ms. Pelosi on Thursday and that they had agreed to take steps to avoid a contest that would extend into the convention in August.

If you can help it, avoid a contest with this man.

The Spaniards, regardless of intent, obtained the result they had hoped for, avoiding a potential semifinal contest against the United States.

But credit the producers with avoiding a speechifying "beauty contest," going directly to the need of each of the candidates to make a national impression in a hurry.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga got an easier path to the quarter-finals than expected, avoiding a second-round contest with 17-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, who withdrew from the tournament with a thigh muscle strain on Wednesday.