Sentence examples for before the contest from inspiring English sources

Catch-hold styles require the contestants to take a prescribed hold before the contest begins; often this grip must be maintained throughout the struggle.

The mission is scheduled for late 2017, just before the contest deadline.

In Act II, Beckmesser comes to serenade Eva outside her balcony the night before the contest.

Profiled before the contest, DeGale asked: "What does the future hold for me?

Then, in a tough game in Normandy, Gourcuff was taken off before the contest was decided.

Days before the contest, Floridian Evan Geiselman nearly drowned out there.

On the night before the contest, the strongmen were summoned to the convention center for a private audience with Schwarzenegger.

With only a few days left before the contest, 60 percent of those surveyed said they strongly support their choice.

"In every previous one I can remember it has been pretty clear who would win even before the contest started.

Political dissidents arrested during protests last week were reported to have been jailed shortly before the contest began.

It was a hit in the first focus-group test, which was conducted even before the contest began last week.