Sentence examples for contests took place from inspiring English sources

In the early centuries of Olympic competition, all the contests took place on one day; later the Games were spread over four days, with a fifth devoted to the closing-ceremony presentation of prizes and a banquet for the champions.

The sport's first serious contests took place in the 1960s and 1970s, initially described as 'hot-dogging'.

Contests took place in 27 English county councils and seven unitary authorities, as well as in Anglesey.

When the original PCC contests took place in 2012, the overall turnout across England and Wales (except London, where the mayor does the job instead of a PCC), was just 15% - the lowest in an election since World War Two.

One to six contests took place per day between 09 00 and 15:00 hours.

The Michigan and Arizona contests take place next Tuesday, followed by Super Tuesday on March 6.

WASHINGTON — In this supposedly quiet off-year election, three contests taking place Tuesday are filling the void.

The most popular contests take place over Washington's Birthday weekend at four locations around the country.

(Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery, at Spring St .The contests take place on alternating Mondays; the next one is March 24, at 7 30. For more information, visit www.bigquizthing.com).

This week Senator Obama has been campaigning in key general election states like Nevada while Senator Clinton is focusing on South Dakota and Montana where the final primaries contests take place next week.

Three of the Olympic contests start at higher altitude, where the conditions are fine, but their courses finish at the base of the mountain where the other three contests take place.