"Succesful contests seem not to be approaching it in a greedy way," she said.

That said, the contest does seem on the verge of becoming a three-way race.

Then came the day for the Presentation of the Poets, which always makes the contest seem very near.

In fact, the riddling contest is present, but seems not to have been fully developed.

But for some reason contests seem to be the promotional tool of choice these days for publishers.

Now the contest seems to be between him and democracy - and he is winning.

The contest right now seems to be one that anyone can enter but no one can win.

Certainly, the contest seems at present to be a two-horse race between the Milibandi.

A few years ago, such a contest would have seemed preposterous.

As for the Democrats, their contest seems to have been going on forever.