Sentence examples for is closely challenged from inspiring English sources

Bercow is closely challenged by long- serving Labour minister Margaret Beckett and the bicycling baronet, Sir George Young, the Tory chairman of the standards and privileges committee.

Castroneves passed Scott Dixon with 27 laps remaining in the 100-lap contest and was not closely challenged for the remainder of the race.

The challenge of justifying the range feature of moral status is closely related to the challenge of justifying the threshold why should differences above the threshold be morally insignificant when the differences marked by the threshold are so significant?

This challenge is closely tied to the use of conventionally centralised energy generation and the weak distribution network.

In nondiabetic individuals, a hyperinsulinemic response to an oral glucose challenge is closely associated with decreases in insulin-mediated glucose uptake (1– 3), as well as with a number of clinical syndromes associated with insulin resistance (4– 10).

However, the complexity of nursing home practice is closely related to the challenge of helping frail and sick older people to meet their basic physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs.

Michael Nash, Warner Music's executive vice president for digital strategy, said it would be simplistic to view the MySpace venture as a gambit to challenge iTunes, which is closely tied into the iPod player.

The findings show that the development of vocational learning is closely linked to performing tasks that challenge the apprentices to think and solve problems.

Pollution is closely tied up with other challenges for developing countries, particularly the field of food sustainability.

(b) All countries should ensure that the national health research policy is closely aligned with the issues, challenges and health priorities identified in the national health policy.

Next door neighbor India is closely monitoring events in Pakistan for any security challenges that may come about.