In a straight fight I wasn't going to beat him.

In a straight fight between the two, it would be hard not to back Ball.

He won the seat by a large majority in a straight fight against Labour.

Still, if it came to a straight fight, matters weren't going to work out well anyway.

In another straight fight against Labour he held the seat, this time with a majority of 3,399.

"No such thing as a straight fight in criminal court.

During Moore's transition, he won 10 straight fights over a 3 year period.

"Enough to do us some mischief in a straight fight, Captain."

"I'm confident my people could take just about any pirate out here in straight fight," he said.

He won his next five straight fights in just over a year, four of which by knockout.

In a straight fight Robertson was defeated by a majority of 5,695 votes.

He won the seat easily in a straight fight with Labour, gaining 83% of the poll.

The next general election was held in 1892, and he faced a straight fight against the incumbent, Kelly.

One he could take almost easily in a straight fight, he suspected.

"It has been a clean straight fight, with no rancour."

Sparks won the straight fight by a comfortable margin to pick up the district for his party.

Jackson has won five straight fights since that loss.

Because if it comes to a straight fight, we won't have a snowball's chance."

"We've got a better chance of doing that than we do of winning a straight fight," Paul said.

Beaverbrook's candidate beat the official Conservative in a straight fight.

Again facing Reynolds in a straight fight he achieved a majority of 4,018 votes.

At the 1923 general election Morris was again involved in a straight fight against Labour.

The Safavids had never beaten their western neighbours in a straight fight.

He felt that the Crusader army was invincible in a straight fight.

"I like the idea of a straight fight a lot better than either of those choices.