Sentence examples similar to pressure contest from inspiring English sources

"There's not a soul in this sort of high-pressure contest who doesn't think of all the scenarios that are possible.

Mohd Noor put Malaysia ahead on 40 minutes in the high-pressure contest but John Jermyn levelled on 60.

Game 5 of the division series against Oakland was that kind of pressure-packed contest.

It should not be beyond the wit and wisdom of top-class players to engage their brains at important moments, even when what is meant to be a pressure-cooker contest is played with the lid off: Dimitri Yachvili, the wonderful Biarritz scrum-half, took all the right decisions yesterday, and also kicked quite beautifully in a difficult wind to steer the Basques to victory.

But he is the captain under pressure before this contest finally gets under way.

Better sides than Sporting would have mounted more prolonged pressure as the contest dragged on, the scoreline still tight.

"He is closer to winning the Ballon d'Or than he ever has been," said Capello, before throwing in a joke to relieve some of the pressure around this contest.

Ms. Rapaczynski described the reforms that preceded membership in the European Union as a period of "sponsored transformation" and pointed out that "once the pressure of the beauty contest was off, the pace of reform slowed".

It held 45 seats in the outgoing parliament, even though it had succumbed to royal pressure and did not contest many districts in the last general election, in 2002.

It's amazing when a few things fall your way the difference it can make," said Kidney, who was under pressure going into the contest.

When it was still a contest, he pressured New England quarterback Tom Brady continually, setting the tone for the game.