Sentence examples for contest commences from inspiring English sources

Finally, he sent Hull a letter demanding his surrender, in which he stated, in part, "It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences".

The soccer-playing nations of the continent have come together, and the knockout stages of the contest commence on Saturday.

But the 76ers sank a two 3-pointers down the stretch, the Nets and the Sixers called four timeouts between them, and a free-throw shooting contest commenced.

In a statement, Smith also said: "The British Boxing Board of Control deplore what occurred at the weigh-in, in the ring before the contest commenced and at the post-contest press conference.

A Texas Confederate officer wrote to his wife in 1864: "I am sick of war" and of "the separation from the dearest objects of life," his wife and children, but "were the contest again just commenced I would willingly undergo it again for the sake of … our country's independence and [our children's] liberty".

Nominations can be made from June 1, the contest proper will commence on July 8 and the winner will be announced on September 2. Candidates to be put on the assembly member "party list", elected by a complex form of proportional representation, will emerge from the same timetable.

"That counting must commence now if this contest is to be resolved within the time set by the Supreme Court.

Levesque began competing in bodybuilding contests in 1987, and commenced his professional wrestling career in the International Wrestling Federation in 1992, under the ring name Terra Ryzing.

We consider your threat to commence an unsolicited offer and proxy contest to displace our independent Board members to be counterproductive and inconsistent with your stated objective of a friendly transaction.

Kick-off commenced less than 15 minutes after the conclusion of the contest in Newcastle, on an otherwise full round of matches.

Having returned yesterday evening from melancholy business overseas, I commenced my re-engagement with the capital's democratic process by watching a live quarreling contest on the BBC.