Sentence examples for in position to contest from inspiring English sources

A former Georgetown center, he excels at waiting for the last possible moment to leave his man to challenge a drive, and he diagnoses plays early so he can be in position to contest shots without fouling.

However, a T12 athlete Smyth will be in a position to contest both 100m and 200m events in Rio.

Islanders, in the Adams and Patrick Divisions, have better records and are in a position to contest the Canadiens.

"There's no way anyone else would be in a position to contest it".

Yet such is the decline of the Conservatives as an electoral force since the 1970s and 1980s that they are not in a position to contest seriously anything like the number of seats they must win.

Neither is in a position to contest any individual events, as their time out since Rio means they have no qualifying points, although Laura won the British omnium championship in mid-February.

Finally, the editorial skirted the real issue, which deserves attention from the media and from Congress: the relentless efforts by some adoption lawyers to find ways around the federal laws that protect both Native American families and military fathers who are deployed and thus not in a position to contest attempted adoptions.

The Namibians believe that Caf's rules also stipulate that Burkina Faso would no longer be in a position to contest the Nations Cup should Zengue be proven to be ineligible, as they claim.

As a result, by 1158 Harald Maddadsson was undisputed Earl of Orkney, with neither the King of Scots nor the King of Norway in any position to contest his power.

I wanted to win today, I felt really strong and was in a great position to contest the sprint thanks to the unbelievable efforts of my team.

Those of us who have not heard the evidence presented to the committee are in a weak position to contest its judgment.