Sentence examples for open contest for from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, the inappropriately open contest for the job may have already diminished the stature of the winner, whoever it turns out to be.

They added an Assembly seat, as a Democratic candidate from Gloucester Township, Gabriela Mosquera, won an open contest for a seat previously held by a Republican, in a district that was redrawn to exclude the incumbent's home.

Texas voters last saw an open contest for governor in 1990, when Ann Richards beat Clayton Williams, a Republican, in a race the party had been favored to win.

A compromise reached privately among the party's bosses, such as its secretary-general, Hiromu Nonaka, is more likely than an open contest for the party leadership (and hence the prime minister's job).

It hasn't been a notable success as yet: the Surrey nurses mutual received a "big society award" from David Cameron but failed to win their first open contest for a contract.

Seriously, though, all I ask from the Labour Party at this stage is a fair and open contest for the mayoral nomination and a good, broad range of potential candidates.

There are open contests for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, four of the city's five borough presidents and 36 of the City Council's 51 members -- and more than 350 people hoping to fill those jobs -- prompting a frenzy that even the consultants themselves say is unprecedented.

"Recent incidents of censorship and arrests of critics cast doubt on the open contest of ideas necessary for the 'transparent and fair' elections King Abdullah promised," said HRW spokesman Christoph Wilcke.

This is huge for us," said Natalie Samarasinghe, the executive director of UNA-UK, who co-founded the campaign for an open contest, called 1 for 7 billion, with the backing of some 750 NGOs with 170 million supporters around the world.

"There's always a chance because we've got a first-class candidate, it's an open contest and we're fighting for every vote," he said.

Clement has tweaked things in a bid to keep it tight at the back, but he has retained the attacking philosophy and once they had overcome their inhibitions, their willingness to take the game to United made for an open contest in which the visitors, clearly mindful of the win-or-bust nature of the occasion for their manager, seemed to enjoy having the shackles off for once.