Sentence examples for pair of contests from inspiring English sources

The Ford parties on Sunday will borrow the altruistic theme of "Oprah's Big Give" with a pair of contests.

He won the marathon offshore Whitbread Round-the-World Race and the inshore closed-course America's Cup, a pair of contests as different as night and day.

— Mitt Romney fought back a vigorous challenge from Rick Santorum in Michigan on Tuesday, narrowly carrying his native state, and won the Arizona primary in a pair of contests that reasserted his control over the Republican presidential race as it advances to critical Super Tuesday contests next week.

In the Assembly, the GOP had the upper hand Tuesday in a pair of contests that will be key in determining the balance of power between the parties in the Assembly.

On the Republican side, the dynamics are not quite as oriented to a national campaign because there is an important primary in South Carolina on Feb. 19, and a pair of crucial contests three days later in Michigan and Arizona.

In a pair of elimination contests starting on Tuesday, Tory MPs will select two names to go before the party's 250,000 or so members, who will then have until December 5th to choose their man there are no women.But all Britons, whatever their politics, have a stake in the result.

Surfing would feature a pair of shortboard contests, each with 20 male and 20 female athletes. .

Each team will participate in a pair of tournament contests today.

And while he claimed the featherweight strap at UFC 194 last December, he's yet to defend the title, opting for a pair of welterweight contests against Nate Diaz.

With 2,430 regular season games and a pair of wild-card contests out of the way, we finally get down to the nitty gritty.

It's just a shame this game is at midday on Sunday and not in the marquee Saturday night slot afforded to a pair of truly uninspiring contests elsewhere.