Sentence examples for led the contest from inspiring English sources

Mark McGhee's Motherwell led the contest for over an hour and were on course to move within a point of Dundee with first-half goals from Chris Cadden, thanks to Marvin Johnson's assist, and Stephen Pearson superb solo effort.

Two of the finalists were students of the percussionist Johnny Almendra, who both led the contest's house band and served on the tape-screening committee.

She led the contest from the start and never faced much of a challenge from her bickering centre-right opponents.

NL led the contest initiative at the Pistoia Alliance and reviewed the manuscript before submission.

It might lead the contest to drag on a little longer than if Mr. Romney carried both — Illinois is only a week away, and the news media usually look for excuses to string along the race.

Cork didn't lead the contest from the sixth until the 61st minute when Horgan chipped over a free.

Kezia Dugdale wins the most challenging job in UK politics: at 33 she wins the Leadership of the Scottish Labour Party The MSP for Edinburgh and Lothian, who previously held the deputy post, had led the leadership contest after being endorsed by the party's senior figures, including Ian Murray, the party's only remaining Scottish MP.

Kilcoo had led the Pairc Esler contest by 0-6 to 0-5 at half-time but Conor McManus's frees saw Clontibret edge into a 0-9 to 0-7 advantage.

It also led the Second Continental Congress to contest British Naval dominance by forming a Continental Navy.

After a painfully slow mile, during which Farah was content to sit at the back as his team-mate Tom Farrell led the shuffling pack, the contest gently smouldered before erupting with two laps to go.

In the 10,000-metre event, a rule requiring each contestant to assist in setting the pace led to the disqualification of three skaters in the first heat, though protests led to the contest's being rerun.