Sentence examples for decide a contest from inspiring English sources

But as residents of the Hoosier state went to the polls to decide a contest that is seen as the last hope of stopping Trump, many wondered what took Cruz so long to stand up to the man who so savagely dispensed with nearly every candidate in the race.

As part of the coalition arrangement, they agreed that a by-election could be called when an MP was jailed for a year or more, or a committee of MPs decides a contest should go ahead following a lesser offence.

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"State courts do not have jurisdiction to decide an action contesting the election of a member of the United States House of Representatives.

They are not only deciding a presidential contest.

Stands out for the unique penalty shoot-out which ultimately decided a breathless contest.

After the lockout that wiped out the 2004-5 season, the N.H.L. abolished ties and installed a penalty-shot contest to decide a winner for games in which four-on-four overtime did not work.

There were no further goals, but the game long since decided as a contest thanks to Bale's world-class ability.

Inspired by Kraftwerk, whose combination of music with technology in the 1970s prefigured many aspects of contemporary culture, "we decided on a contest that would combine low-fi and high-tech," Ms. Eden said, "retro and futuristic".

And the game was decided as a contest three minutes before half-time when Armenteros played the ball to Damia Abella, whose brilliant cross was headed home by Roberto Torres.

While there were a number of close one-run games throughout the postseason, only two of the seven series lasted more than one game past the minimum needed to decide a series, and no series went to a deciding winner-take-all contest.