Sentence examples for were to be contested from inspiring English sources

Cruz predicted that he – and not a surprise establishment candidate – would beat Trump in a head-to-head battle if the Republican convention were to be contested.

Before the Games, British C1 canoeing champion Samantha Rippington launched a legal challenge over the exclusion of women's canoeing from the Games when five men's events were to be contested.

Now, 47 seats were to be contested: 28 in Adelaide and 19 in the country.

The Senate, where only a third of the seats are to be contested, will be tougher, but some Democrats think they have a chance.

In the coming elections, however, all the seats in the lower house are to be contested, and there is a small chance that the poorly organised opposition could gain sufficient support there to transfer the impeachment case to the Senate.

In any case, the secret history must be made public if it is to be contested, argued with, instead of merely being lied about, which is what is happening now.

The runoff election was to be contested by the first-place finisher, Jimmy Morales, a television comedian and nonpolitician whose campaign slogan was "Not corrupt, not a thief," and onetime first lady Sandra Torres, the ex-wife of former president Álvaro Colom.

Postal voting: A dispute over alleged vote-rigging in the local elections is to be contested in the courts after the Liberal Democrats mounted an official challenge to results yesterday.

Five more semifinals are to be contested Friday, beginning at 3 30 p.m. ET. The perfectionist Russian synchronized swim team rocketed to a gold medal in the team finals Friday morning at the London Aquatics Centre.

That was how it felt when we realised yesterday's Wimbledon's men's singles final was to be contested not by Andy Murray, but by two other guys, as it has been every other year in our lifetime.

In that event, the silver medalist finished five seconds behind Ledecky, who was 11.5 seconds faster than the second-seeded entrant in the 800 freestyle, which was to be contested on Thursday and Friday.