Sentence examples for but when he contested from inspiring English sources

But when he contested the first World Championship match in 1886 against Johannes Zukertort, it became evident that Steinitz was playing on another level.

Mr Galloway, a former Labour MP, was elected as Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow in 2005, but lost his parliamentary seat when he contested neighbouring Poplar and Limehouse in 2010.

Gasparotto yielded the jersey to Di Luca after stage 2, when Di Luca finished higher-placed in the mass finish, but took it back again after stage 3 when he contested the sprint and finished eighth.

That, supporters of Mr. Gore said, left the impression that he was a sore loser when he contested the vote.

His first experience of grown-up politics was in 1961, when he contested a byelection in the solid Tory seat of East Fife.

Entering St. John's College, Cambridge, in October 1803, Palmerston was still an undergraduate when he contested the vacancy in the university parliamentary representation resulting from the death of William Pitt in January 1806.

Reynolds was injured when he contested a header with Gary Warren and required lengthy treatment.

The demobilisation of private security companies was among the key election promises made by Hamid Karzai when he contested presidential elections for a second term in August 2009.

Mr Yadav emerged as the youngest member of the state assembly when he contested elections in 1967 for a socialist party.

When he successfully contested four successive elections to become chief minister of Gujarat, he had always left blank the column on documents that asked about his marital status.

When he is contested at the top of the key, Lin adjusts nicely, looking up to try to connect with Tyson Chandler on an alley-oop.