Sentence examples for contest left from inspiring English sources

Surrendering this contest left them numb.

Alan Duncan, the international development minister, and Greg Barker, the climate change minister who was an early supporter of Cameron during the 2005 Tory leadership contest, left the government at their own request.

A day after Mr. Romney's decisive win in Florida, the Republican nominating contest left one economically battered state on and moved to another, Nevada, a place that Adam Nagourney and Jennifer Medina describe as transformed into a major battleground by the economic downturn and the rise of the Tea Party.

Kieffer Moore pulled a goal back for Yeovil with 10 minutes of the contest left, but they could not find an equaliser and remain in the drop zone.

Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, in his first-ever attempt at the contest, left competitors with their jaws agape as he knocked back more than four dozen franks with obvious relish.

Iowa scored its final run in the sixth and eliminated San Gabriel Valley, winner of three World Series championships since 2004, from possible advancement with one pool-play contest left at 2 p.m. today against Southeast.

Eventually John Sergeant withdrew from the contest, leaving a memorable final four contestants to battle against each other for the trophy - Austin Healey, Lisa Snowdon, Rachel Stevens and eventual winner actor Tom Chambers with professional partner Camilla Dallerup.

Even if Democrats hold a runoff election, Mr. de Blasio's commanding finish in the primary Tuesday night means that his liberal message could well dominate that intraparty contest, leaving Mr. Lhota likely to face a left-leaning opponent in November.

The new specifications so clearly favored a smaller jet that Northrop abandoned the contest, leaving EADS to bid alone.

But both Tim Pawlenty, the former governor, and Representative Michele Bachmann have dropped out of the contest, leaving their one-time rivals to woo the state's voters.

The twin announcements threw a sharp curve into the contest, leaving Cornell's $2 billion proposal for Roosevelt Island as the clear front-runner for what is seen as a prime opportunity to help reinvent higher education.