Sentence examples for much a contest from inspiring English sources

Not so much a contest, the election on October 28th turned into the coronation of "Queen Cristina", dubbed thus because of her regal manner (see article).There were both good and bad reasons for her victory.

The Man Booker is not so much a contest of literary merit as a test of indestructibility, the sort meted out to running shoes, Land Rovers and toys for small boys.

On a warm evening in a Barcelona suburb 24 years ago, the air thick and heavy, the light-grey and gold, Cuba and the USA met in a baseball game that was as much a contest of ideologies as an Olympic semi-final.

In the 1950s and early 1960s, the Cold War was as much a contest over public opinion on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

The race is becoming as much a contest of committees as it is a battle between actual flesh and blood candidates.

Filled with antagonism and vicious personal attacks, it appeared to be just as much a contest of who could be the biggest bully as a debate about the economy.

It was not much of a contest.

This one wasn't much of a contest.

IT HAS not been much of a contest.

The game itself was not much of a contest.

This might not be too much of a contest.