Sentence examples for contender against from inspiring English sources

He was also a contender against George W. Bush for President in the 2000 Republican primary.

Zhao, the power with extensive territory in the northern frontier, succeeded Qi as the most formidable contender against Qin.

When I first considered Barack Obama's re-election chances in this magazine, last November, he was about a 50-50 contender against the Republican field.

The browser has at least a fifth of the market, enough to make it a serious contender against Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

The survival of a large fraction of the amino acids and their polymerization during the collision make the idea of an extraterrestrial origin of organic compounds a strong contender against the Miller-Urey theory, Blank said.

But both surveys reconfirm that for now, Romney is a frontrunner and the strongest Republican contender against Obama — at least for now.

Mr Philemon and his New Generation Party are now among the main contenders against Sir Michael and his National Alliance.

Cleveland are 42-18 against losing teams, but have the worst record amongst playoff contenders against teams with winning records.

The poll did not match the Republican primary contenders against each other, but other polls have shown Mr. Forrester leading Ms. Allen among Republicans in a hypothetical matchup.

As David Willetts, shadow trade secretary and the most thoughtful of the possible contenders against Mr Davis, argues, Mr Blair's synthesis of economic efficiency and social justice is something that Tories should seek to improve on, not oppose.

Twenty of the best race horses in the country will gather at Belmont Park today for three races -- the Woodward Stakes, the Ruffian and the Jerome -- in a countdown to the Breeders' Cup that will match contenders against champions.