Sentence examples for successful challenges from inspiring English sources

Preckwinkle was re-elected as 4th Ward Democratic committeeman on March 19 , 1996 running unopposed on the ballot after her successful challenges to the nominating petitions of Charles S. Williams and her 1995 and 1999 aldermanic challenger Kwame Raoul, who were both just a few dozen signatures short of the number required to earn a place on the ballot.

Successful challenges are the exception, however, and falling prices are not necessarily a winning argument.

Successful challenges to the law had been rare since its enactment.

Without comment, the Court let stand successful challenges to the bans on same-sex marriage in five states.

But successful challenges to modern capitalism, as Miliband discovered, are not achieved by running an extended seminar on discontents.

The sharp rise in grade changes was partly owing to increased numbers of successful challenges to GCSE results.

This does not really match up with "serious prospect of a successful challenge" at paragraph 32 or indeed the "good prospect of success" at 38.

Jacob said he was confident of a successful challenge to HMRC.

After a successful challenge by the prosecutor, the trial began early in 2009.

He got his start in New York politics supporting Alfonse M. D'Amato's successful challenge to Senator Jacob K. Javits in 1980.

Break point for a 5-3 lead fleetingly beckoned, until the No 2 seed issued a successful challenge.