Sentence examples for making a contest from inspiring English sources

Underlying the extension of the certification deadline and the shortchanging of the contest period was, presumably, the clear implication that certification was a matter of significance: The certified winner would enjoy presumptive validity, making a contest proceeding by the losing candidate an uphill battle.

BBC WM's Clive Eakin: "Warwickshire will take some credit for making a contest of a match which had looked decided at the halfway stage.

But they never looked capable of making a contest of it once Pothas had gone to the fifth ball of the day, caught at first slip by Paul Horton with only a run added.

The finale had Madonna engaging the audience to sing-along with her to the song while making a contest as to which side of the stadium can sing the loudest.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.