Sentence examples for face the contest from inspiring English sources

Victory over Oona King would set him directly on another collision course with Boris Johnson, the Tory who wrested City Hall from Livingstone and Labour in 2008 and a man who, two years into the job, remains popular enough to face the contest with considerable optimism.

Silva was victorious in the first meeting, after landing close to 20 standing knee strikes to Jackson's face before the contest was halted.

Faced with the contest problem of luring more shoppers, he proposed doing what the managers would do at work: frequently changing the front display window.

We also talk about some problems and difficulties currently faced by the contest.

Even the dealership owner, Mike Jim Newmann), and his exasperated assistant, the peppy Cindy Connie Rayy), face calamity if the contest doesn't bring in buyers.

On the face of it, the contest is one-sided.

Both he and Mr. Lautenberg have declared themselves the winner of their first face-to-face contest, held on Wednesday.

By The New Yorker July 22, 2011 Congratulations to the winner of this week's pie-in-the-face contest, Jaslyn Law, of Palo Alto, California.

Yet he faces rivals in the contest to finish second to Trump with Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Jeb Bush lurking behind him.

The rookie made 14 saves in 29 shots faced to finish the contest with a.667 save percentage.

"The crucial reality was that the Taliban helped Pakistan face down India in the contest over Afghanistan," Nasr writes.