Sentence examples for staged a race from inspiring English sources

So a slight adjustment was called for last week, when the Ford Motor Company staged a race, of sorts, on the major arteries leading into Manhattan, for the purpose of determining which route was most congested during the morning commute.

Last month, his campaign staged a race to determine which mode of transportation offers the shortest travel time from City Hall to the Ferry Building.

Bernard has traveled to China to talk to officials about staging a race there.

Several other event promoters had sought to stage a race in New York.

This for a woman whose sin, such as it was, had been a desire to stage a race.

Several years later, Abu Dhabi made a deal with Formula One to stage a race starting in 2009.

Wan is hoping such interest from the public could result in Hong Kong staging a race in the near future.

One town was so bored that it planned to choose a winner by staging a race between two piglets named after the candidates.

Ecclestone met with Leonid I. Brezhnev, the Soviet leader, after the 1980 Moscow Olympics and reached an informal agreement stage a race in Moscow, although that eventually fell through.

Another story -- this one especially popular with parents -- has Ganesh's mother and father staging a race between him and his brother.

— Over the long, cold winter, Boston has been preparing a ceremony to honor those killed and injured in last year's marathon and to stage a race that will be one of the biggest — and, they said Monday, the safest.