Sentence examples for contest to face from inspiring English sources

LAWYER TO CHALLENGE HYDE In the Democratic contest to face Representative Henry J. Hyde, Brent Christensen, a 37-year-old lawyer, defeated Thomas Cramer, a health care consultant.

Promoter Warren has said he hopes to arrange a fight for the winner of the Cleverly-Bellew contest to face Dawson or Hopkins.

The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games (hosted by the higher seed), with the winners of those contests going on to face one another in the Super Bowl.

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.

Victory over Oona King would set him directly on another collision course with Boris Johnson, the Tory who wrested City Hall from Livingstone and Labour in 2008 and a man who, two years into the job, remains popular enough to face the contest with considerable optimism.

The winner of next Tuesday's contest will likely go on to face Democratic frontrunner Bruce Braley in the race to replace outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

But Gove is likely to face a fierce contest from another Brexit-supporting MP.

Speaking on the BBC's Question Time programme, Mr Farage said he would not step down to face a leadership contest.

Mr Strauss-Kahn is unlikely to want to give up his plum job to return to face a grubby nomination contest.

Sixteen finalists were named on March 4, and governors from seven of those states traveled to Washington to face videotaped questioning by contest judges.

Markey, a moderate who defeated Republican Marilyn Musgrave in the long-time GOP stronghold of CD-4, is expected to face a tough reelection contest this fall.