Sentence examples for in contention when from inspiring English sources

But today he showed the nerve and resourcefulness to remain in contention when he was not at his best.

Both were hefty, ultra-reliable, experienced team workers, more than capable of defending Froome and keeping him in contention when Friday's cross-winds shattered the peloton.

Ulster was still in the lead and obviously very much in contention when they chose to kick a penalty, following a drop by the Saracens full-back Ben Ransom, to the corner.

The midfielder Jack Wilshere continues his recovery from a hairline fracture in the left fibula and could be back in contention when domestic action resumes at home to Stoke City on 12 September.

Dunlap, a 37-year-old who has never won on the PGA Tour, has been the surprise player of the tournament, showing the moxie to stay in contention when most people are waiting for him to fall back.

For Walcott and Wilshere, this is an England game that feels like a new chapter is opening on the national team even if the reality is that many of the big guns will be back in contention when the side play their next Euro 2012 qualifier, against Wales next month.

She'd been running much better, but was not in serious contention, when she was lapped by the leader, Kevin Harvick, who sped by her in a faster lane higher up on the track.

He and Chris Robshaw were in close contention when Lancaster took the reins, before injury to Wood made Robshaw the man in possession for the 2012 Six Nations campaign, never to relinquish the post.

To reduce contention and access time to the A[ r][ z] array, two memory optimizations were applied: Storing the high-fluence region in shared memory: The first optimization, illustrated in Fig. 3, is based on the high access rate of the A[ r][ z] elements near the photon source (or at the origin in the MCML model), causing significant contention when atomic instructions are used.

How do we ensure workers can retrain and remain in contention even when they are on their second or third career?

On a mountain stage you'll see the teams of the main contenders riding a fast tempo on the climbs to keep their riders out of trouble and in contention, but when it comes to a mountaintop finish it's every man for himself.