Sentence examples for contest not only from inspiring English sources

It is the loneliest sport, a contest not only of player against opponent but mind against body, mind against self.

Nearly every event is a contest not only against other athletes but also, in some sense, against the physical restraints of life on earth.

One of its leaders asserted, "The Liberty Party, unlike any other in history, was founded on moral principles — on the Bible, originating a contest not only against slavery but against atheistic politics from which Divine law was excluded".

The 2016 election has become a contest not only to determine control of the White House and the Congress but also to shape the future of the Supreme Court.

'Every vote,' he said, 'will count.' Last week saw the race for London mayor, a contest not only to determine who runs the capital but with potentially huge national political implications as well, take off in earnest.

Jenney's metal-framed design won their open contest, not only thanks to the relative fire-resistance of its materials, but to the additional protection offered by its outer iron columns, covered in stone.

So the woman's stony reluctance contests not only a powerful, socially superior man but the proverbial character of her situation.

Mr. McCain has no organization here, and must get through Republican contests not only in South Carolina, but also in Michigan and Washington before he can even get here, and Ms. Goodman, the Bush supporter, said: "This is the time that a national campaign that has laid the groundwork and has the resources will make a difference.

These contests not only served as a means of identifying children with previously unknown health conditions, but also taught mothers that through scientific care they could make their children into standardized babies, and therefore productive citizens of the future.

And the contest is not only between film and digital sensors, but between two kinds of chip-making techniques.

The Paddy Power Gold Cup is one of the few trophies not in Paul Nicholls' cabinet and, for him, it is surely a contest tinged not only with frustration but sadness.