Sentence examples for protracted contest for from inspiring English sources

President Clinton has vowed to block the man Europe wants to head the International Monetary Fund, setting off a possibly protracted contest for control of the financial institution and most likely casting the United States in the role of kingmaker.

The protracted contest to decide who should lead the party has been good for Labour in many ways.

Kennedy lost, and Ford faced a protracted contest.

Mr. Bush also said the close race in Florida, and the protracted contest of the election results, showed the need for standardizing voting procedures.

Washington state does count ballots postmarked that day, but it can make for a protracted contest.Washington state has just pushed its September primary forward to August, allowing time for all the postal primary votes to be returned well before the November ballot gets printed.

She heard her husband promise to fight on to prevent what he dismissed as a "fractious" and protracted contest which would save Tony Blair's skin for months.

AFTER such a protracted contest, a coin toss seems a fitting way to end it.

Stephen Conroy, a former communications minister, warned that a protracted contest risked making Labor into a "laughingstock".

He joined the newly formed Republican Party in 1855 and in 1856, after a bitter and protracted contest, was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on the 133rd ballot.

In a passionate speech, Clinton rejected calls from inside the party to bring the protracted contest to an end by standing down.

The painting was purchased by a then unidentified bidder via telephone after a protracted contest lasting nearly 20 minutes at the auction house.