Sentence examples for contest up from inspiring English sources

Interest in the race snowballed in recent weeks and a number of high-profile mainland businessmen decided to travel to Taiwan to see the contest up close.

The Muslim Brotherhood, too, is preparing to contest up to half of seats, and women's groups told me of their fears that women's rights are set to suffer if politicians fail to take women's rights and political participation seriously.

Warrington Wolves assistant coach Willie Poching said: "It was an even contest up until half-time.

— Eric Asimov CNN: A report from a chicken-wing-eating contest up in Buffalo.

The quick recovery by O'Neill's men created a more evenly fought contest up until half-time.

There was a big contest up the coast and some of them came to see the show.

By moving their nominating contests up, all the states holding January contests - except for Iowa, which holds a nonbinding caucus - will lose half of their delegates, officials said.

About one million people from 44 parties were contesting up to 50,000 seats in the national, provincial and local legislatures.

The LDP won 30% of the vote for proportionally-elected seats (compared with 25% in 1998) and 35% in the district contests (up from 31%).

Hillary Clinton was supposed to have this contest wrapped up by now.

The winner's prize is the value of the portfolio in mid-May, when the contest ends, up to $500,000 cash.