Sentence examples for stage in the contest from inspiring English sources

Polling at this stage in the contest remains unreliable.

The state-by-state landscape facing Mr. Romney is more daunting than he expected by this stage in the contest.

"At this stage in the contest, it is not so much about policy as personality," said a Democratic campaign veteran who asked for anonymity to talk about the front-runner.

The Republican field is entering a pivotal stage in the nominating contest as candidates increasingly move beyond criticizing President Obama and start to run against one another.

And so they are thrilled that the issue has moved center stage in the presidential contest between Gov. George W. Bush of Texas and Vice President Al Gore.

Crashing out at the group stage in the same contest this year was an inglorious finale to a career distinguished on the field, and marked by guts, determination and – usually – loyalty off it.

Throwing around allegations like that at this stage in the Labour leadership contest is not going to help anybody".

This belief is based almost entirely on polling, so we took a look at what the polls were saying at this stage of the contest in past election cycles.

Down were looking in a degree of trouble at that stage but the contest appeared to turn in their favour in first-half injury-time as McKernan set up O'Hare for a goal, which was immediately followed by another O'Hare point.

May declared of her overwhelming victory in the parliamentary stage of the contest: "The result shows that after the referendum the Conservative party can come together".

But in this early stage of the contest, one year before voters begin selecting a nominee, Mr. Obama's candidacy changes the contours of the Democratic landscape.