Sentence examples for likely to contest from inspiring English sources

Britain, however, is also likely to contest the new architecture, arguing that bodies like the European commission responsible to all 27 member states should not be given a role to police the euro.

However, the grey is more likely to contest the £75,000 SkyBet Chase at Doncaster the same afternoon.

The district attorney's office may try to require Mr. Strauss-Kahn to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, but his lawyers are likely to contest such a move.

Chris Ashby, a lawyer who advises conservative groups, said the I.R.S. might have focused on smaller groups because they seemed less likely to contest the reviews.

In the Cheshire case, Mr. Ullmann has said the defense is likely to contest some facts, though Mr. Hayes has admitted his involvement.

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The game ended with honours even between the two teams likely to be contesting the title when it reaches its decisive stage, and the 1-1 draw gave both City manager Manuel Pellegrini and Chelsea's Jose Mourinho an indication as to how their seasons may unfold.

Thus, the only factors that are likely to influence contest outcomes are those that influence fighting ability itself.

As residual reproductive value is likely to influence contest behavior via effects on motivation rather than fighting ability, these studies provide further, albeit indirect, evidence that age effects on contest behavior that result from variation in residual reproductive value may be weak when fighting ability plays a prominent role in determining contest outcome.

Additionally, we predicted that effects of male age and social experience on contest behavior would translate into differences in the likelihood of winning a contest with old and naive males more likely to win contests.

Both males were placed onto the carcass at the same time to avoid any effects of ownership on contest behavior or outcome as previous studies have shown that resource holders are more likely to win contests in N. vespilloides (Otronen 1988).