Sentence examples for away from a contest from inspiring English sources

He is someone used to getting what he wants, and if he is finding that the politics of rugby in England are different to those in Australia, he will not shirk away from a contest.

The trip also took him away from a mayoral contest in which he had a considerable stake.

Last summer, for example, the state-controlled China National Offshore Oil Corporation backed away from a bidding contest with Chevron to acquire an American oil company, Unocal, after fierce opposition in Congress.

"I think it's going to be close, but I think he'll win," Graham said, calling Sanford's Pelosi cutout stunt a "smart" move that nationalized the race and got it away from a "personality contest".

Gordon ultimately didn't walk away from the contest a winner, but the dunk proved to be a great opportunity for Intel to show off some of its new boundary-pushing technologies.

In recent years the BBC has moved away from a televised competition - and a public vote - to pick the song and singer for the annual contest.

(Lord Byron, who challenged the cardinal to a multilingual contest of profanities, was not only summarily defeated but walked away from the contest having learned a number of new Cockney gibes).

The source said Mr Farage's authority risked "draining away" without a contest.

The source added that Mr Farage's authority risked "draining away" without a contest.

Clegg and the prime minister David Cameron stayed away from the contest, after little evidence emerged that the disgrace of Illsley, Labour MP for 24 years, was damaging Labour's campaign.

Mofilm didn't walk away from the contest empty-handed either: It now has roughly 35 brands signed up to work with it on user-generated content over the next 90 days.