Sentence examples for meaningful contests from inspiring English sources

They are not sterile fights over trivia, but meaningful contests over the nature and content of the social contract that defines the relationship of citizens with their government.

New rules adopted by the party in 2010 sought to ensure more states have meaningful contests and to delay the start of primary campaigning (a goal undone by Florida keeping its primary in January).

In an era of warring ideologies, the only meaningful contest was for domination, and the repenters were clearly the losers.

Indeed, it is so long now, three years and counting, that Spain has lost a meaningful contest that it would be ludicrous to complain.

"To a certain extent, that is a residue of the absence of a meaningful contest in the Senate and governor positions.

It was the only time Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, the most dominant N.H.L. players of the last part of the 20th century, played forward together in a meaningful contest.

Here was a chance missed, though, for this match will resonate as the last meaningful contest for English players before the World Cup.

Of course, to believe this would belie the nature of our Lakers allegiance, which is characterized by our remaining, in our own minds, the prohibitive favorites in any meaningful contest, all evidence be damned.

Considering that it has been five years since the New Zealanders faced outside competition in a truly meaningful contest, as opposed to in-house training and sparring, the sailing clinic they displayed for the Italians was nothing less than masterful.

Graeme McDowell, who started Sunday's final round one shot behind Woods and briefly threatened to give him a meaningful contest before slipping away, was first to herald the American's victory as "great for the game".

Although play will begin half an hour before the scheduled start, hopes of a meaningful contest appear over after two blank days.