Sentence examples for ferocious contest. from inspiring English sources

What follows is a ferocious contest of wills.

Every single week in the NRL it's a ferocious contest and that can only improve you as a player and as a coach.

You could argue that the dual casting proves Anna and Kate are two sides of the same person: I think that limits Pinter's idea that what we are watching is a ferocious contest for possession of an individual soul.

Those eagerly awaiting this match, which was anyone in the world with a passing interest in rugby, were not to be disappointed but the repercussions of a ferocious contest are likely to be felt for some time.

In any case, sitting in the tribune, I observed my second handball match ever, a ferocious contest between the French and Swedish women's teams that revealed the sport to be a highly aggressive game with elements of soccer, basketball and lacrosse.

But he has wanted to be where he is, running for President in an epochal election, for a very long time, and the ferocious contest he finds himself in is well suited to him, not because he likes combat, exactly, but because in combat he tends to handle himself well.

One head-scratcher was Fox's comedy "Back to You," starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, which Fox won in a ferocious bidding contest last season.

LONDON — Rollercoaster though the results of the opening games in the 2010 World Cup have been, the winners and losers are now emerging both on the field and behind the scenes in an equally ferocious design contest.

Perhaps stung by the negative commentary around their controversial selection moves, the Kangaroos were ferocious at the contest early and the Tigers looked flat in comparison.

That was a major consolation for British officials after a ferocious and skilful contest that offered further evidence of the gulf in class that England now have less than 12 months to close.

The ferocious post-election contest has somewhat reduced the policy ambitions of American politicians.In the short term (that is, before inauguration day on January 20th), the narrower view of politics should help Mr Bush overcome any damage to his legitimacy caused by the manner of his election.