Sentence examples for essential contest from inspiring English sources

David Brooks (column, Aug. 31) writes, "The coming weeks will be so tough because the essential contest -- of which the Swift boat stuff was only a start -- will be over who really has courage, who really has resolve, and who is just a fraud with a manly bearing".

The rivalry was an essential contest for the beginning of both schools' football programs.

There was no attempt made to control crowd noise or to instill in them the contest's essential sporting nature, and even Tom Watson felt matters had gone too far when two team members came out on the final day wearing Desert Storm forage caps.

Sinema is in a tight race with GOP Rep. Martha McSally to replace retiring GOP Sen. Jeff Flake, and a Democratic victory in the close contest is essential to Democrats' slim hopes of winning control of the U.S. Senate. .

"The statements submitted by Macchiarini and many of his co-authors convincingly contest the essentials of the complainants' criticisms and Gerdin's assessment of the key issues that form the basis of his conclusion that scientific misconduct has been committed," the decision says.

The judge reiterated that "protecting the integrity of elections, particularly Presidential contests, is essential to a free and democratic society".

The state, while not as essential to the party nominating contest as Iowa or New Hampshire, has notoriously difficult ballot laws.

Labour MPs can see the essential ridiculousness of triggering a contest a year after the last one with the incumbent the favourite to win the leadership again.

In Spain, where classical bullfighting was born in the 18th century, the death of the bull is the essential climax in a gladiatorial contest between man and beast that traces its roots to ancient Rome.

Those contests were an essential part of my identity, not because of an obnoxious need for external gratification, but because I enjoyed trying to win them.

New elections will have to be held and it is essential that all the main parties contest them.