Sentence examples for only contest from inspiring English sources

The political manipulations of districts, particularly following the 2010 mid-terms, has been blamed for increasing polarization and extremism in our politics because contestants in safe districts position themselves to win primaries, the only contest that actually counts.

It's the only contest that evening and Mr. Romney is thought to be the favorite there, although polls and my demographic model show a fairly tight race.

LAS VEGAS — The only contest Representative Ron Paul is likely to win in Florida on Tuesday is this: highest ratio of votes to time spent campaigning there.

The 25-year-old Fowler, who lost his only contest in Rio, was punished for betting between £30 and £300 on a number of bouts.

A 2005 law said detainees could only contest their status in far more restrictive cases, which limit detainees to arguing that military officials violated their own procedures.

— DALIA SUSSMAN LAS VEGAS — The only contest Representative Ron Paul is likely to win in Florida on Tuesday is this: highest ratio of votes to time spent campaigning there.

(FIS rules stipulate that only contests sanctioned by its member national associations count towards Olympic qualification; the top tour events do not meet this criterion).

The only contests Americans in great numbers seem to tune in to these days are those in which they are allowed to have a direct say.

The likelihood of another coalition government in Westminster means that even parties without a national standing (the SNP only contests seats in Scotland) can influence the balance of power in the House of Commons.

This pattern was even stronger when we considered only contests that escalated to grappling, the most intense level of male-male aggression (Fig. 4b).

We also analyzed our data including only contests where males differed in size by less than 0.5mm because motivational effects are likely to play a greater role in individuals that are closely matched in size.