Sentence examples for close challenging from inspiring English sources

When other high-end brokers turned their noses up at condo developments in the early '80s, Lenz, who saw their potential, swooped in, garnering a reputation for selling in volume and finding ways to close challenging deals.

That those two locales are so close challenges the stereotype about Dallas's artificiality and reveals a hidden natural world nearby.

It is easy to forget that in 2009 he ran a close challenge to the seemingly invincible Michael Bloomberg despite being outspent 14 to 1. His positions generally fall in the middle of a decidedly liberal Democratic pack.

"There were two very close challenges there [one that went against him and cost him a 4-1 lead], maybe could make a difference or not, but I thought he played well.

While David Miliband is expected to win the first round, there are predictions that once other candidates are eliminated and their second and third preferences counted, he will face a close challenge from his brother.

What had been speculated to be a close challenge ended up being no challenge at all – Evans took the race lead by over a minute and a half.

Miliband applied for selection to be the Labour candidate in the safe Labour seat and won, beating off a close challenge from Michael Dugher, then a special adviser to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.

No fellow Shia came close to challenging him.

The only man to come close to challenging Vettel was his teammate, Mark Webber, who finished second, 0.4 seconds behind.

He wanted it more than other potential bidders, like General Electric, Pearson and Ronald W. Burkle, who never came close to challenging his audacious bid.

The best woman player in history, Polgar, 35, has been No. 1 for 20 years, and no one had ever come close to challenging her.