Sentence examples for personal contest from inspiring English sources

Solving is an escape to some, a personal contest to others.

And no other sport except prize-fighting is so spectacularly a personal contest.

The matter was complicated by Simon's personal contest with Gaston de Béarn, the leading rebel.

First of all, there is a personal contest for the attention and love of John McCain.

The Oscars battle will make for a ­fascinating personal contest, almost a movie in itself.

Heath remains silent on the disarray in the E. E. C. The campaign is a personal contest between Heath and Wilson.

But Congressional campaigns, especially in upstate New York, can be very personal contests, built on longstanding relationships and local perceptions.

This goes along with a proportional voting system that forces candidates of the same party to compete for votes, turning elections into intensely personal contests.

Where necessary, he can be a tough back-stage fighter in the ruthless world of socialist party politics.Whether because of his name or his own virtues, George Papandreou would easily win a personal popularity contest with the younger Karamanlis.

So continued his personal 3-point contest, which staked Syracuse to an early lead.

Robinson, rumoured to be an £8m transfer target for Arsenal, seemed determined to make the contest personal.