Sentences with phrase «as leading contenders»

Even with a solid history of rapid career progression or numerous career accolades, candidates need to put in more work, present a stronger resume and commit to positioning themselves as leading contenders among hundreds of others frequently competing for the same position.

In anticipation of the announcement, 21 vehicle models have been identified as leading contenders.

Talk in the hallways pegged Hamburg, Germany, and Batavia, Illinois, as the leading contenders for the site of the accelerator, to the chagrin of Japanese scientists.

However, they are regarded as the leading contenders and both are expected to stand.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a commanding early lead over the two Republicans who have emerged as leading contenders to challenge him in the November election, according to a new poll.

De Blasio hastened to add that he'd also met with Police Chief Philip Banks III and First Deputy Commissioner Rafael Pineiro, both of whom have been mentioned as leading contenders for the job.

With the exception of Johnson, all of the figures usually described as the leading contenders to replace Cameron are remainers.

Both Rossi and Suarez seem likely to leave La Viola after falling out of favour, with Gazzetta dello Sport mentioning Liverpool as leading contenders for both players.

Everton accepted a bid in the region of # 3million from Chelsea for the midfielder yesterday but talks between Pienaar and the Stamford Bridge side broke down and Spurs have now emerged as the leading contenders to seal a deal.

Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City are mentioned as the leading contenders to sign # 30m - rated Palermo striker Paulo Dybala, according to the Daily Express.

Galatasaray are mentioned by The Sun as the leading contenders to snap him up.

All three clubs have been strongly tipped as the leading contenders to sign the 25 - year - old for some time now, and a move to the Premier League can't be ruled out at this stage, despite rumours of interest from another European giants.

Looking to join an international brand, the group approached the challenge like any search assignment, and the Boyden name quickly emerged as the lead contender.

Mr. Dudley, who joined the Fed in January 2007 after nearly 20 years at Goldman, emerged as the leading contender for the job after a two - month search led by Korn / Ferry International.

World - system theory has emerged over the past fifteen years as leading contender with modernization theory.6 As the name suggests, world - system theory emphasizes the larger set of social, economic, and political relations that link societies together.

On the other side, we'll get a chance to see just how legit the Panthers are — not that they still need to prove that their 7 - 0 record is no fluke — but it will again be a great way for Cam Newton and Carolina to assert themselves as the leading contender for the number one seed in the conference.

STERLING, Virginia — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to join the Democratic ticket as Hillary Clinton's running mate, according to two Democrats, who both cautioned that Clinton has not made a final decision and could yet change directions.

DeFrancisco has emerged as the leading contender, gathering support from more than a dozen key Republican county committee chairs, two GOP members of Congress, and state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of Long Island.

In the overnight hours, though, members and other sources said Heastie was consolidating support and emerging as another leading contender for the speakership.

DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, emerged this weekend as the leading contender for the designation after his chief rival, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, abruptly dropped out of the race.

According to the source, GMB official Iain McNicol, regarded by many observers as a leading contender for the position, is unlikely to even be shortlisted.

Senator Gianaris is often mentioned as the leading contender for Attorney General should that office become open.

Carmen Farina, a former deputy city schools chancellor, has emerged as a leading contender for the top education job, the Daily News has learned.

Ferreras - Copeland could have run for one more term, and was seen as a leading contender to become the next City Council

Etc.: A year ago, she was identified as a leading contender to become the first woman commissioner of the FDNY.

Still, there's no denying this handsome period pageant ticks all the right boxes, the Four Feathers director building a suitably imposing epic around his radiant leading lady who, off the back of this and Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, is sure to enter the awards season as a leading contender.

It seems highly likely that Thompson will end up as a lead contender for Best Actress.»

You can also add on McDonagh's major Golden Globe win for Best Screenplay and BAFTA win for Best Original Screenplay to further cement him as the lead contender for the Oscar.

Lynne Ramsay's Morvern Callar has emerged as the leading contender at the British independent film awards tonight.

On April 16, Howard Blume reporting for the Los Angeles Times said, «Austin Beutner has emerged as a leading contender to run the Los Angeles school district, with backers saying he is smart enough and tough enough to confront its financial and academic struggles.»

Such a move will enable Chou to spearhead «innovation» in terms of products, as HTC attempts to worm its way out of a sink fall and into the duopolised handset market as a leading contender.

When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and sporting means the National Chaffi..

This company used to play second fiddle to TREZOR but it has since emerged as a leading contender.

Not exact matches

In August she was a top contender to replace Travis Kalanick as CEO of Uber, in which Whitman was an early investor — a job that could have teed her up to eventually lead an unprecedented third Fortune 500 company.

Given Forbes» designation of SeedInvest as one of the «leading players in equity crowdfunding» a few weeks ago, it may not have come as a surprise that SeedInvest was included on the list of Top Contenders in 2013.

Former Blackburn, Manchester City, Fulham and QPR boss Mark Hughes is a leading contender to succeed Neil Warnock as Leeds manager.

There are doubts over Olivier Giroud against the top teams [Daily Telegraph], while Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck have never played as a central striker on a regular basis and it remains to be seen whether either player could lead the line for potential title contenders.

Khatib now claims that Juventus are the leading contenders to sign Falcao, with Financial Fair Play regulations delaying City's bid to bring him in, as they need to offload Alvaro Negredo before they can make a big - name signing upfront.

I live in Denmark, and I would like to suggest an online petition with a nice letter requiring Wenger to step down and the board to present a 3 year plan to reinstate Arsenal as one of the leading clubs in Europe and a true contender for the EPL title.

Without him, the Red Devils have struggled for goals, with neither Anthony Martial nor Memphis Depay wholly convincing as leading men for would - be title contenders.

Though the result fortified his status as a Chase for the Cup contender (he's 11th in the point standings), it was a bitter pill after he had led a race - high 55 laps and been in front following a yellow flag with 13 to go.

Wonderboy is a real tough opponent and hopefully Till gives a good account of himself out there since he's been pretty entertaining in the lead up to this fight and I'd like to see him stick around as a contender.

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Mourinho only took over as United manager last season, but led the Red Devils to three trophies in his first year in charge, with signings made this summer now strengthening the side to look like genuine Premier League title contenders once again.

At rain - spattered Le Mans a Ford GT40 with an English accent (above, moving into the turn past the pits) took the lead after four hours and rolled to victory as supposedly unbreakable German contenders fell ill

Having produced a contender for goal of the tournament, he will naturally now be full of confidence as he leads his men into their next game having bounced back from the Wales defeat.

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After blowing a 20 - point lead in a mid-October loss at LSU, the Tigers were effectively written off as a national title contender — Gus Malzahn's team had also come up short at Clemson in early September, and no two - loss team had ever made the playoff field.

Mater Dei actually won that title, so for St. Mary's to beat the Monarchs in the Open Division with a lineup that's almost 100 percent back this season makes the team an easy choice as preseason No. 1 for the state as well as leading mythical national title contenders.

Pardew has emerged as the shock leading contender to replace the sacked Neil Warnock as manager of Crystal Palace, with the two clubs believed to have held talks over the compensation deal that would be needed to take Pardew back to the club where he most made his name as a player.