Sentence examples for initial contest from inspiring English sources

Then, if the Lions don't win that initial contest for the gainline – and the cards are stacked against them in this scenario – that race around the corner for the next phase is always in the defence's favour.

This initial contest and the 1995 iteration of the Women's World Cup featured 12 international teams in the final tournament, and the field expanded to 16 teams in 1999.

The first word, PACKARD, was in the initial contest post.

"I did what I came to do," said Dawson, who was awarded their initial contest last year on a technical knockout before the decision was overturned.

In the initial contest, Howard had scored only four points.

In the initial contest on January 3 , 2008 Biden placed fifth in the Iowa caucuses, garnering slightly less than one percent of the state delegates.

He was clobbered in the initial contests, then came back in mid-January to score an upset win in the South Carolina nominating contest.

But he said the consolidation of so many primaries early in the year unfairly punished candidates who failed to do well in the initial contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

That the major candidates are all competing for conservative support here underscores the importance of a state that could well winnow the field after the initial contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Can Bush and Kasich still rise as potential establishment choices in a final face-off after the initial contests?

Primaries are over in the California governor's race, and with these initial contests past, I'm sure that we can expect the two contenders, Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman to gently roll out their campaigns by re-introducing themselves to the electorate and highlighting the positive features of their policies and biography.