Sentence examples for contested third from inspiring English sources

In a tightly contested third period, the Russians were unable to find a way past the disciplined Finnish defence.

The vice-president of Burundi's constitutional court – which was about to decide on the legality of a hugely contested third term for president Pierre Nkurunziza – fled the country on Monday.

The hosts closed a keenly contested third day in Abu Dhabi on 125-4 in their second innings, leading by 55.

Buterere is also the site of many demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police since Nkurunziza announced his candidacy for a highly contested third term in April. .

Yet when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a highly contested third term in office in April, it sparked mass protests.

The EU is calling on Burundi to hold talks on human rights violations after President Pierre ­Nkurunziza won a contested third term as leader of his impoverished central African country, EU diplomatic sources said yesterday.

His entry into the controversy capped a week of revelations and allegations coinciding with the nation's hotly contested first presidential primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

In a hotly contested ninth game, Istomin aced Tsonga to clinch the set.

Lucas Tagliapietra 28th minute header gave Accies the only goal of a fiercely contested first half.

Allakhverdiev matched him shot for shot, landing several right hands in the closely contested fourth and fifth.

Despite the impressive tool kit of modern biology, this is still a debate about distant history, shot through with ambiguous facts and contested first principles.