Sentence examples for contest in support of from inspiring English sources

The Austrian-born actor's prank was part of a contest in support of After-School All-Stars; entrants can win the chance to attend the "Terminator Genisys" with Arnold himself.

However, he said: "We don't know enough at the moment to contest the claims [made in support of the barrage]." The criticisms follow a letter in the Telegraph today from the former defence secretary Liam Fox, who called the plan for an 11-mile barrage an "environmentally disastrous concept".

Mr. Greenberg sought to discourage any suggestion that there was any political calculation on the part of Mr. McCall in allowing himself to be photographed in a military setting, as he enters a contest in which the support of Jewish voters is expected to be crucial.

After less than a year, Nelson was turned out in a leadership contest in favour of Malcolm Turnbull, whose support for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme split the party.

Associations of genotype with the outcome in different strata of the exposure can also contest or support the causality of the observational association.

Previous Vice-Presidents joined nominating contests with the widespread support of the Democratic Party's establishment.

This endorsement drew the ire of Chandler's former ally, Democratic Congressman John Y. Brown, Sr., who believed that, in exchange for his support of Chandler in the 1935 gubernatorial race, Chandler would support him in the U.S. Senate contest.

And Hoyer's opponent for the post of Whip, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C ., still has a substantial chunk of support -- enough to keep the contest in D-S.C .

A key factor in many local contests will be the strength of the Lib Dem vote after the collapse in support under UK leader Nick Clegg.

The results here also raised questions about how much Mr. Bush would benefit from the support of governors in states holding many of the coming contests.

Fernando Ferrer and Mark Green began New York's first mayoral runoff contest since 1977 yesterday by beginning to carve up the support of the two candidates they vanquished in Tuesday's Democratic primary.