Sentence examples for over a contest from inspiring English sources

But now the threat of stalemate, vituperation and disillusionment hangs over a contest structured to declare a verdict a month ago.

Yet that will do little to repair FIFA's reputation for cronyism, or silence the allegations of mismanagement and corruption which hang over a contest that now rivals the Olympics as the world's biggest marketing and media event.

Nothing against the players and the races and the games themselves, but it took a tragedy and a few days of spiritual silence to raise the question: Do we really need all this manufactured animosity, all this tension, over a contest between two sets of athletes?

The game appeared over as a contest and Everton believed so too.

Cipriani was unable to convert but by that stage the game was over as a contest and Wasps took their foot off the gas.

The challenger would groggily return to his feet at the second attempt, but the fight was all but over as a contest and was stopped soon afterwards.

But they will doubtless settle for this.As it happens, Labour MPs did have a chance to choose a different leader in 2007, when Mr Brown took over without a contest.

By then, the game was over as a contest but Stoke rallied.

And the match was all but over as a contest after seven minutes.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's spectacular injury-time volley pulled a goal back, but the tie seems over as a contest.

And when Kaepernick ran in his second touchdown midway through the second quarter the game was over as a contest.