Sentence examples for contest still from inspiring English sources

There is a contest still that looked implausible for a spell on Friday.

And while Democrats quickly vowed to appeal, Republicans said Mr. Martins's election would enable them to claim 32 of 62 Senate seats, with one contest still in question.

Half an hour of this contest still had to be played but Preston's supporters knew their play-off jinx was finally over.

The same might be said of Andrés Manuel López Obrador who, nearly three months after Mexico's presidential contest, still refuses to accept that he lost.

But the annual street fair known as Clamfest (which has a clam-shucking contest) still took place last month, and the hardware store is the unofficial gathering place.

The 2012 contest still has two conventions, one vice-presidential selection, four debates and a river delta's worth of mudslinging to go, and already the soothsayers are moving on.

Mr Davis, aged 56, who lost five votes from his first-round total, said: "There's a long time to go in this contest yet, still another six weeks.

NEWARK — Games and seasons that can be decided by penalty-shot contests still rankle old-school N.H.L. fans eight years after they were introduced.

Can such a candidate win? Edwards is third in the polls, but with the first primary contests still a year away, much can change.

The 14 contests still in doubt will determine which party tips into majority government or starts with the inside-running to form minority government.

With a series of primary contests still ahead, here in Wisconsin on Tuesday and in big, delegate-rich states like New York and California on March 2, Mr. Kerry is not taking any chances.