Sentence examples for contest the length from inspiring English sources

He said the club could also contest the length of the ban if they feel it is "manifestly excessive".

But the contest demonstrated the lengths that countries will go to for the privilege of hosting the world's biggest sporting bash.

Last year, though, a new Indian cricket league had a wildly successful debut season, featuring the best players in the world in so-called 20/20 contests shortened to the length of a baseball game.

Instead, Trump seemed nostalgic for the intra-Republican contest as he travelled the length of California in advance of the state's June primary, as well as taking a bizarre trip to Scotland to see his golf course in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum.

The game in Mohali was more than 10 times the length of the contest to come in Coolidge.

The length of the contest has become a factor all its own, testing the endurance, determination and sure-footedness of both campaigns.

Rove also writes: The length of the Democratic contest has been – in some ways – a plus for the party.

It's not the length of the nominating contest, per se, that's hurting the G.O.P. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton went at it until early June in 2008 (although they weren't quite so nasty), and I seem to recall that a Democrat won the general election.

The outcome of the South Carolina primary on Saturday will help determine the length of the Republican nominating contest.

After that contest, Mr. Pistorius damaged his reputation among his followers by questioning the length of the blades used by the winner, Alan Oliveira of Brazil.

Contests for runners and jumpers were to be found across the length and breadth of the continent.