Sentence examples for unsuccessful debate from inspiring English sources

After an unusually subdued and relatively unsuccessful debate on Monday night and armed with 500 pages of suspicious-looking tax returns, the pressure will be on Gingrich to take the fight directly to Romney as he did in South Carolina.

Claim to fame: The first Republican from Indiana to run for vice-president since Dan Quayle, who had an unsuccessful debate in 1988 but took office under George HW Bush.

The obvious victory of Farage over Nick Clegg in the TV "debate", the unsuccessful sneering at him (which he bore with striking good humour in Have I Got News for You), and the condescending interviews, meant that the net had to be cast wider.

Aides hope his efforts to reach a deal during the debt debate — even if unsuccessful — will reinforce that image.

Labour leader Ed Milliband's challenge to the PM for a one-on-one debate has been unsuccessful with no head-to-head scheduled.

The fact that an attempt to capture the animals has been unsuccessful has led to a debate as to what the animal is and how it lives.

Unsuccessful attempts to settle the debate flared up again in 1987 and 1994.

The book was also sharply debated during his unsuccessful bid for  re-election as a senator from Pennsylvania, drawing pointed criticism from women's groups and Democratic officials.

The book was sharply debated during his unsuccessful 2006 bid for re-election as a senator from Pennsylvania, drawing pointed criticism from women's groups and Democratic officials at the time.

The future of the union between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland -- the countries in the United Kingdom -- is under intense debate after last year's unsuccessful Scottish independence referendum.

In the 1964 Great Canadian Flag Debate, Diefenbaker led the unsuccessful opposition to the Maple Leaf flag, which the Liberals pushed for after the rejection of Pearson's preferred design showing three maple leaves.