Sentence examples for on a contest from inspiring English sources

Brook said Khan has "done nothing" to merit a fight with Mayweather and should instead focus on a contest which would be one of the biggest in British boxing history.

MSNBC and MySpace recently worked together on a contest to send two users to the national political conventions.

Once again, the campaigns turned up the volume on a contest for governor that was already noisier and nastier than races usually get before the final weeks.

Domestic politics under Sigismund and even more so under his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus (reigned 1548 72)—centred on a contest between the fast-growing magnate oligarchy and the dynamic gentry, with the rulers generally favouring the former.

Inspired by Kraftwerk, whose combination of music with technology in the 1970s prefigured many aspects of contemporary culture, "we decided on a contest that would combine low-fi and high-tech," Ms. Eden said, "retro and futuristic".

On a more positive note, I enjoyed the performance of the Welsh official Nigel Owens in the France-Italy game – and I don't often feel good about a refereeing display as I sit down to reflect on a contest.

Unlike football or soccer, the debate is a one-on-one contest with a prize that far exceeds that of any championship belt.

He could have blazed away at goal, could have tried Josh Jenkins in a one-on-one contest.

The owner of Coppertone, Merck & Company, is announcing on Thursday a contest on Facebook to find a contemporary version of the character.

Heading in, Tigers full-back Alex Rance hadn't conceded a goal or lost a one on one contest all season.

In fact, those coalitions tend to form on a contest-by-contest basis, with the characters changing from one race to the other.