Sentence examples for robust contest from inspiring English sources

The Dutchman was a threat throughout the game and he and Saha, making his third start of the season, contributed to an open and robust contest.

Labour Party president Moira Coatsworth stated that the leadership contest would be a "robust contest of ideas", and suggested to the party's caucus that a series of meetings with party members be held around New Zealand.

The posthumous, as Dickens soon became aware and never thereafter forgot, has a happy knack of shading imperceptibly into the immortal, and so it is that his account of the election of a Member of Parliament for Eatanswill — a robust and intemperate contest between the Buffs and the Blues — feels, when applied to the frantic events of today, like such a snug fit.

But Mr. Newman was central to a robust, if not overheated, contest for Mr. Daley's services.

Their lawsuit seeks not only the plaintiffs' removal from the no-fly list but also the establishment of a more robust legal mechanism to contest placement upon it.

Sources in the campaigns said the briefing would be an opportunity for Labour to reassure the candidates that the contest was legally robust.

This stands in stark contrast to the robust overbidding observed in experimental contests with deterministic group size.

The chaotic contest ended when some particularly robust or skillful villager managed to send the ball through the portal of the opposing village's parish church.

The Wall Street Journal offers the optimistic assessment that the "Republican primary contest... could feature a robust debate on health care, with GOP candidates challenging the Democratic law while defending their own variations".

"I would much rather elections be robust engagements between sensible, if disagreeing, politicians, than a contest between an expert and a buffoon," he said.

We could replace the shootout with a cheeseburger-eating contest between the sophomore forward Travis Statchuk and whoever the most robust guy on Michigan is.