Sentence examples for when he contested from inspiring English sources

That, supporters of Mr. Gore said, left the impression that he was a sore loser when he contested the vote.

His first experience of grown-up politics was in 1961, when he contested a byelection in the solid Tory seat of East Fife.

Mr Galloway, a former Labour MP, was elected as Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow in 2005, but lost his parliamentary seat when he contested neighbouring Poplar and Limehouse in 2010.

Entering St. John's College, Cambridge, in October 1803, Palmerston was still an undergraduate when he contested the vacancy in the university parliamentary representation resulting from the death of William Pitt in January 1806.

Attempts to offload the 26-year-old on loan were frustrated in the summer and Sakho, who signed a new five-year contract at Liverpool only last September, placed further strain on his relationship with Klopp when he contested the manager's claims about his fitness on Snapchat.

Mr. Rembar's seven-year fight against the obscenity laws began with the Grove Press case in 1959, when he contested a ban imposed by the Postmaster General and defended by the United States Attorney in Manhattan, who argued that "Lady Chatterley's Lover" came within the obscenity laws because its central theme was illicit love "outside the bounds of matrimony".

When he successfully contested four successive elections to become chief minister of Gujarat, he had always left blank the column on documents that asked about his marital status.

When he is contested at the top of the key, Lin adjusts nicely, looking up to try to connect with Tyson Chandler on an alley-oop.

When he had contested throws, I thought he struggled a little bit more, especially with throws down the field.

Smith completed his studies at Rhodes during 1946, and entered politics in 1948, when he successfully contested the Selukwe seat on behalf of the Liberal Party, becoming his home town's Member of Parliament at the age of 29.

She has unsuccessfully stood twice for council seats in north London and got 2.7% of the vote when she contested Holborn and St Pancras at the 2010 general election.