Sentence examples for make a contest from inspiring English sources

Contest designers often use tools to make a contest among asymmetric contestants more even, in order to either elicit higher effort levels, or for ethical reasons.

If she were to make a contest out of a hiding, she needed to break Li early.

Ospreys were threatening when in possession, which was not anywhere near enough to make a contest approaching even.

He steps in against the tall, athletic Rockhold in good form, and could make a contest of it as long as he doesn't make a mistake.

Clark started with only three of his 11 summer signings but he is still looking for the right mix following their Betfred Cup exit, although Killie did make a contest of it after an 82nd-minute header from Martin Smith.

At 4-1 down and serving after only a quarter of an hour, she was struggling to make a contest of it, and dropped serve again, her loose forehand letting her down again.

"So my grandchildren always wanted to go around making noise, banging something, so we made a contest out of it.

He regrouped, fought back and, despite 65 unforced errors, made a contest of it over two hours and 53 minutes.

But with the entire Republican establishment arrayed against him, and with a very late start in organization, Mr. McCain made a contest of it.

The 24-year-old stamped his authority on the second-round match from the off and cruised through the first two sets before Kamke made a contest of it in the third.

The Bulls made a contest of it in a tough first half, but they were their own worst enemies, constantly spilling the ball, and fell apart in the last 20 minutes.