Sentences with phrase «becoming frontrunners»

Recent polling has indicated that Tory figures backing Brexit are becoming the frontrunners to be the next leader among party voters.

In the region, locations such as Singapore and Hong Kong are working towards becoming frontrunners in fintech.

Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, became the frontrunner when embattled Gov. David Paterson ended his campaign amid an ethics scandal — one week after he had formally launched his campaign.

Democratic leaders have not endorsed a candidate to run against him yet, but believe whoever becomes the frontrunner will find willing contributors.

Despite the unusual casting, Gary Oldman has become the frontrunner to win most of the Best Actor prizes during this year's awards season for his performance as Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's Darkest Hour.

It's quite possible that tonight's Critics Choice award winners will be positioned to become the frontrunners.

Now that Lady Bird swept the National Society of Film Critics, winning Picture, Director and Screenplay it has much going for it heading into the Oscars and right now feels poised to become the frontrunner.

Now that Claire Foy has swept every actress award, she has also become the frontrunner in the best actress race, especially with Maslany out of contention this year and Viola Davis losing steam.

But as we know, the Joaquin Phoenix deal eventually went south, and Cumberbatch became the frontrunner again.

It was hyped up as one of the most competitive categories before the season started, and then Keaton became the frontrunner, only for Redmayne to slowly catch up and take over.

It was a night of causes — a night when underdogs became frontrunners and got an audience of billions.

Logan Lerman has become the frontrunner to take over Tobey Maguire's spot in the new Spider - Man movie.

Unaware of the startling euthanasia rates in Austin's animal shelters, he began listening to no - kill advocates and soon became the frontrunner for the no - kill city ordinance, which was passed in March 2010.

Essentially, companies like Netflix and Amazon have become frontrunners in program content and delivery because of not only the content itself, but also the delivery of the content: available on any device anywhere chosen by the viewer, on a schedule determined by the viewer not the network's schedule, and uninterrupted by unwanted commercials.

Be it any profession, they often become the frontrunners and win the race.

It's safe to say that China has already become a frontrunner in developing the online - to - offline (O2O) model worldwide as the use of mobile technology in the country is ahead of any other market around the globe.

The good news is that with a little preparation, you can «wow» the interviewer and become a frontrunner for the position.

Not exact matches

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight episode about Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has become the host's most popular to date.

Joseph MacManus, a 30 - year veteran of the foreign service, is a top candidate to become ambassador to Colombia and was considered the frontrunner before conservatives began voicing opposition to his nomination a few weeks ago, according to several GOP sources.

While Monday's Senate debate was slated to focus on gun control, the two absent candidates — who some polls suggest are the frontrunners in the GOP primary — quickly became the punching bags of their counterparts in attendance.

The Australian driver becomes the second frontrunner to pick up a grid drop for the British Grand Prix

The man widely regarded as frontrunner to become the next commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said the government should consider talking to al - Qaida.

Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton said that the Islamic State had become «the most effective recruiter in the world» and that the only solution was to engage American technology companies in blocking or taking down militants» websites, videos and encrypted communications.»

The 48 - year - old barrister is the frontrunner to become leader of the party, but not everyone is playing nicely.

The prospect of left - wing frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn becoming Labour Party leader is shaking up Britain's political establishment.

She became the party's presumptive nominee only after realtor Paul Massey, who was widely assumed to be the frontrunner for the Republican nod, abruptly dropped out and Bo Dietl, a former NYPD detective, was booted from the Republican primary.

The frontrunner to become Liberal Democrat leader has thanked the Welsh Lib Dem leader for her support.Kirsty Williams endorsed Tim Farron in a joint statement with the party's Scottish leader.

As the Labour leadership election picks up pace, and some of the dividing lines between the candidates are beginning to emerge, I feel that it is becoming increasingly necessary for the some of the so - called frontrunners to revisit the career of Barbara Castle.

GOP 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump has become such a force in the Republican Party that the official overseeing next year's Senate races has proposed a delicate strategy for GOP candidates: tap into Trumpism without mimicking Trump.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg was intrigued enough by the prospect of GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's becoming the party's standard - bearer that he commissioned a poll last month testing how he would fare against both The Donald and Clinton.

While House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has no intention of becoming the GOP nominee this year, he is deep into a parallel national operation to counter Trump and help House and Senate candidates navigate the political headwinds that the frontrunner would generate as the party's standard - bearer — or, for that matter, Sen. Ted Cruz, who is only slightly more popular.

Rep. Tom Reed became the second House member from New York to back Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, prompting Democrats to say he was merely reacting to a threat from Buffalo developer Carl Paladino to attack federal lawmakers who don't endorse the GOP frontrunner.

Elise Stefanik, a 29 - year - old former White House aide, had emerged as the clear frontrunner in their selection before incumbent Democratic Rep. Bill Owens announced he wouldn't seek re-election, making the seat became more competitive and prompting Republicans to ponder other options.

Following the October 10 election that ended with none of the candidates able to amass the over 50 percent of votes quota needed to become President, the two frontrunners Ex-football star George Weah, and Vice-President Joseph Boakai, were set to face off in a run - off on November 7.

She quickly has become as well - known and well - liked among Republicans as the former frontrunner for the Republican nomination, three - term Congressman Rob Simmons,» says Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz.

All three of the frontrunners in the race to become the next leader of Ukip have expressed an interest in getting Mr Farage into the Lords.

Five candidates including frontrunner Diane James are in the running to become the next leader of the eurosceptic party.

Senior backers of Jennie Formby, the Unite union's former political director and the frontrunner to become Labour's new general secretary, are trying to reassure party staff that there are no planned overhauls should she secure the job.

His speech at the 2005 Conservative party conference, and a lacklustre speech by the then frontrunner David Davis saw him become the favourite and he was elected leader of the Conservative party in December 2005, despite allegations of drug use surfacing during the campaign.

Adding to the pressure on Osborne, Boris Johnson, now the frontrunner to become the next Conservative leader, told ITV's Agenda he believed that the cuts to PIP were a mistake.

What It Could Win: Meryl automatically becomes an Oscar frontrunner simply by being in a movie.

Now, as the year closes out, Get Out has become an awards season frontrunner, named Gotham Independent Film Awards» Best Feature and listed among the National Board of Review's top 10 films and earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

Lucy Mapstone James Norton and Michael Fassbender are the frontrunners to become the next James Bond in the week Daniel Craig became the second longest - serving 007.

Silver Linings Playbook is the crowdpleasing candidate (not unlike David O. Russell's 2010 contender The Fighter), and it became the early frontrunner after its stellar debut at the Toronto Film Festival.

If Social Network were to win both major critic awards and remain a far frontrunner for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, the writing on the wall becomes clear for Oscar night.

Maybe «The Big Short» is slowly becoming the true frontrunner for the race.

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) Margaret Sixel for «Mad Max: Fury Road» Lowdown: Something tells me Sixel is quickly becoming the Oscar frontrunner for this category.

Within hours of its premiere at TIFF, Silver Linings Playbook became the new Best Picture frontrunner and its cast became a major part of the awards conversation.

Sadly, this carried over to Chastain's frontrunner status, as the film simply became too divisive for there to be unanimous support around the actress» performance.

So as for the new generation, our frontrunners become: