Sentence examples for keep in contention from inspiring English sources

"To keep in contention you pretty much have to go blow for blow with him," Pampling said.

China's Ding fought back with breaks of 67 and 94 to keep in contention at 5-3.

The former European indoor 60m silver medallists admits he is "far from the finished article" but hopes to continue his dramatic improvements in a bid to keep in contention for a place at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

A push from the Dark Blues saw them keep in contention until Hammersmith Bridge where, according to L. Cecil Smith writing in The Observer, they "went ahead so fast and steadily as to suggest that even had they lost the toss they would have been able safely to take the Surrey water" while Oxford "had been taken out of their stride".

They were kept in contention by the reactions of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, until he was beaten twice in five minutes by Santi Cazorla.

Had the US reached Russia by finishing third in a six-team group with only three wins and 12 points from 10 games it would have been an indication of how forgiving the qualifying format is rather than indicating anything positive about a team that was, in truth, largely being kept in contention by the brilliance of the attacking tyro, Christian Pulisic.

Justin Rose shot a second-round 66 as he and Lee Westwood kept in contention at the Honda Classic in Florida.

Manchester United kept in contention for a top-four Premier League place and gave manager Louis van Gaal a rare night of relaxation as Stoke City were outclassed at Old Trafford.

McIlroy kept in contention by putting in from the fringe grass to birdie the 11th and, after some impressive escapes of his own to salvage par, he regained a share of the lead at the 15th after a majestic tee shot to three feet at the first of the three treacherous holes known as the Bear Trap.

He retained his place for the return leg a week later as the Welsh side kept in contention for the quarter-finals with a 17-6 win and he is expected to start against Scarlets in the Boxing Day derby at the Liberty Stadium.

Unfortunately, in his concern to be even-handed and, presumably, to keep in Oscar contention too, Soderbergh ends up censoring himself.