Sentence examples for contests much from inspiring English sources

The "front-loading" of the electoral calendar which puts the important primary contests much earlier than usual means that it is essential to get your money early.

The sheriff called the attention on the contests "much ado about nothing" and said he had no plans to punish the deputies who competed or the "well-intentioned lieutenant" who had the idea.

(UpdateX2: Newsgator's Greg Reinacker contests much of this report and says that Feedburner's stats in this report are very limited).

By accident or design, however, they find themselves pitched into a real contest much sooner.

"The Weakest Link" is a fast, enjoyable trivia contest, much like "Jeopardy".

Clijsters overcame her fellow Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-2, 6-3 in a contest much closer then the score suggests.

It is too soon, in our view, to call either nominating contest, much less the fall election.

Magee, the youngest of this immigrant clan, longs for a new dress to wear to her dance contest, much to the dismay of her parents, who are struggling for money.

"Wherever I go in this state, it's no longer a one-party state .Although the state has long been considered a presidential bellwether, and many observers believe it could be the deciding factor in this year's contest much the way Florida was in 2000, Democrats have had little success breaking the GOP's lock on downballot races in recent years.

Third, Kerry frames the US and China as competitors for Africa's natural resources — "they're buying up long-term contracts on minerals, you name it" — and this adds to a 'New Scramble for Africa' narrative in which Africans appear merely as pawns in a Great Power contest (much like, say, the Cold War).

If she doesn't fancy the Commons, there may be a peerage to come, or Boris Johnson's job as Mayor of London coming up in 2016; a knock-about contest much more like the beautiful game she's used to playing.