Now we had the sort of contest Ireland relish.
This was not the sort of contest to test such principles, however cherished.
It was the sort of contest that demanded someone take command.
Onstage, she creates a sort of contest with the audience in which it is invited to sport with her.
Though his junior colleague, Ted Cruz, declined to endorse him last week, Mr. Cornyn might not be in the sort of contest that would require Mr. Cruz's help.
A very young-looking woman named Camilla appeared — it seemed that she had won some sort of contest — and stood there, unabashedly terrified.
This story collection moves from the 19th century to an unidentified future, evoking gothic horrors and outsiders who, as Doctorow puts it in a preface, "are distinct from their surroundings — people in some sort of contest with the prevailing world".
For the last 10 laps, and more, any one of at least five drivers had seemed like a potential winner, the sort of contest that Nascar racing regularly delivers to its American followers.
Having slid out of the playoffs, the Jets are now trying to win some sort of contest for whining about one another, with The Daily News reporting that several unidentified Jets want quarterback Mark Sanchez traded.
Without the top-scorers Dwight Gayle (cup-tied) and Lee Tomlin (suspended), and with the Congolese central defender Gaby Zakuani away on international duty, Peterborough rarely threatened to make this game into any sort of contest.
