Sentence examples for contention to join from inspiring English sources

There are believed to be two other teams in contention to join the world championship next season, the American Cypher Group and Joan Villadelprat's Spanish Epsilon Euskadi operation.

Scotland's Katie Archibald was firmly in contention to join the pair on the podium, in third at the first two time checks but slipped down the order in the closing kilometres.

Defending champions England, New Zealand and West Indies are the three sides still in contention to join the Aussies in the final.

But the laws under which the cases have been brought cause contention within the European Union, which Turkey wants to join.

Another area of contention is whether municipal utilities can be compelled to join commercial suppliers in signing long-term contracts.

However, Andy Blair would be the only new player to join the club, a bone of contention between Saunders and his board, something that created tensions at the club and played a role in what was to follow.

Striker Didier Drogba, who scored the winning penalty in Chelsea's Champions League final shoot-out win over Bayern Munich - his final kick for the club before leaving to join Shanghai Shenhua - is also in contention for the Ballon d'Or.

When the Colony, the Cosmopolitan and the other elegant women's clubs with "small" memberships allow men like me to join, I shall happily reconsider Roberts's contention that Augusta National must admit women as members.

She withdraws from contention, which leaves Rachel as the sole Maria, and volunteers to join Shelby Corcoran's (Idina Menzel) new glee club.

CHIP SHOTS GARY PLAYER, who is 65 years old, was thrilled to join his buddies JACK NICKLAUS and ARNOLD PALMER in contention.

That is why Robson's success on the Flushing Meadows hard courts could be the impetus that drives her to join Murray in a more permanent partnership of regular contention.