Sentence examples for contested down from inspiring English sources

As it turned out, the party did just about as well as it did in 2012, when these seats were last contested (down just eight seats at the time of writing compared with 644 that it held).

On 18 September 2012, a day before the now-famous Plebgate incident, he is reported to have told a police officer at the contested Downing Street main gate that "I am the Government Chief Whip and I want to leave via these gates".

With 96% of votes counted after Monday's election, the party had won just 39 of 268 contested seats, down from 118.

That analysis would be contested by Downing Street, who argue that unrestricted freedom of movement lost the referendum.

Donald Trump implied on Monday that the EU had negotiated a Brexit deal with the UK that left it unable to strike free trade deals with the US, a point strongly contested by Downing Street.

That useful left trigger also allows players to control and bring down contested long distance balls rather than automatically heading.

It was fitting that this tightly contested series came down to the last play, and also fitting that Carter took the final shot.

Familiarity with the inability to consistently take advantage of his fantastic passing skills, familiarity with the inability to turn down contested jumpers and move the ball, familiarity with the inability to sacrifice some of the energy needed on offense to apply himself more on defense.

The owner of the house failed to take down contested Tea House signs before an inspection on 22 August and could now face prosecution.

"If she wins, that means [Democrats] are knocking down contested jump shots".

Kearse proved to be relatively raw, but his ability to make contested catches down the field became invaluable.