Sentence examples for major contest between from inspiring English sources

Thursday's debate is shaping up as the first major contest between the two.

The other major contest between Latins and Muslims ended in Christian victory because of Iberia's proximity to the rest of Europe.

The Iowa caucuses are the first major contest in the race for the American presidency.

Here is a summary of the major contests.

Other major contests include the London-to-Cape Town and Paris-to- Peking.

The "Arab Spring" was always going to be a brutal contest between two major camps - secular progressives and religious reactionaries - and not an instant fix for the region's deep-rooted socio-political, cultural and economic problems.

The pre-election positioning sets up a stark ideological contest between the major parties, and a fight over progressive taxation policies between Labor and the Greens, who are already engaged in a bitter political stoush over the Greens' backing for the government's Senate voting reforms.

The city is perhaps most famous for its New Year's Day Tournament of Roses, first held in 1890, which features a televised parade attended by several hundred thousand people and the Rose Bowl classic, a contest between two major college gridiron football teams.

She won narrowly, but came perilously close to injecting racial tension into what should have been — and still should be — an uplifting contest between the first major woman candidate and the first major African-American candidate.

The state of Florida - particularly the southern region - is a major battleground in the likely autumn contest between Obama and McCain.

A close contest between the two major parties — Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labor Party and conservative John Key's Nationals — could give the Maori Party the role of kingmaker and, with it, a major influence on government policy.