Sentence examples for closed contest from inspiring English sources

The contest ended with two winners, and a new closed contest was announced in March 1925, but, due to disagreement within the jury, there was no result.

Closed contest: stadium roof shut The Welsh Rugby Union has confirmed that the Millennium Stadium roof will be closed for today's Six Nations decider.

The match was played in an atmosphere akin to a behind-closed-doors contest with an official attendance of 529 spectators at the Dublin venue.

"We are very effective at winning elections," he said, suggesting that he would be happy to contest a closed ballot.

In general, local residents are supportive of high-speed railway project construction, but they contest the closed decision-making process and the poor design and siting choices for the track by governmental authorities and companies.

The England manager was responding to reports that Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood will hold a penalty shoot-out style contest behind closed doors ahead of Saturday's France clash in Auckland.

Ms Cooper has said she wants the leader election to include "as many people as possible" and not be a "closed-down or polarised contest".

An estimated 50 million Soviets watched the final contest, while in Canada, offices were closed and schools suspended classes to allow students to watch the game on television in gymnasium assemblies.

But Pennsylvania's Republican primary is "closed" (only registered party members can vote), so the contest will be decided by an especially narrow slice of the general electorate: those who care most passionately about core Republican issues.

While others maneuvered to push him out of the State House in time for a November contest, Mr. McGreevey spent most of his day behind closed doors here, and aides and friends said he had no intention of moving soon.

He would thus still lose the nomination even if he did make up the difference among pledged delegates in the remaining run-off contests, which is surely a daunting task absent the closed primary rule change.