Sentence examples for doing in contention from inspiring English sources

What were these guys doing in contention?

"It's just such an unusual instrument and you very rarely see it anywhere apart from in the background on an orchestra, so it was really nice to have the opportunity to see it in a different situation," said Buckley, who also appeared in the BBC television series I'd Do Anything in contention for the role of Nancy in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End revival of Oliver!

Arsenal are 15 points behind league leaders Manchester United, although they do remain in contention for the positions that would secure them a place in next season's Champions League, trailing fourth-placed Tottenham by five points.

In addition, to avoid the possible collision with PUs, SUs perform sensing frequently besides doing the contention resolution as in a conventional MAC protocol.

But by winning the Women's Grand Prix, Hou did place herself in contention to recapture the title next year against Ushenina.

Ribéry did, however, remain in contention to appear in the team's next league match against Bayer Leverkusen.

The contention free transmission may be done in several ways.

As they did in 2013, Wales have recovered from a poor start to haul themselves back into title contention.

"I don't think anybody in contention really cares to play this team right now," Millwood said.

"But you know, what else can you do other than getting in contention and playing well?" This time, he was never truly in the hunt for the trophy, in part because he missed many makeable putts by small margins.

Portugal and Ghana have done enough to be in contention in Group G, but with both having failed to beat the "easy" team in the group of death, they can have few complaints about the scenario they now face.