Sentence examples for the initial contest from inspiring English sources

The first word, PACKARD, was in the initial contest post.

In the initial contest, Howard had scored only four points.

In the initial contest on January 3 , 2008 Biden placed fifth in the Iowa caucuses, garnering slightly less than one percent of the state delegates.

Following the initial contest, both teams played each other annually for eight years, before it was called off for unknown reasons.

In the initial contest, the 2012 Iowa caucuses of January 3, election officials announced Romney as ahead with 25 percent of the vote, edging out a late-gaining Rick Santorum by eight votes (an also-strong Ron Paul finished third).

He was clobbered in the initial contests, then came back in mid-January to score an upset win in the South Carolina nominating contest.

But he said the consolidation of so many primaries early in the year unfairly punished candidates who failed to do well in the initial contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

That the major candidates are all competing for conservative support here underscores the importance of a state that could well winnow the field after the initial contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Can Bush and Kasich still rise as potential establishment choices in a final face-off after the initial contests?

Then, if the Lions don't win that initial contest for the gainline – and the cards are stacked against them in this scenario – that race around the corner for the next phase is always in the defence's favour.

Primaries are over in the California governor's race, and with these initial contests past, I'm sure that we can expect the two contenders, Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman to gently roll out their campaigns by re-introducing themselves to the electorate and highlighting the positive features of their policies and biography.