Sentences with phrase «close contender for»

Gone Home, which has already won several awards, seems to have been a close contender for the prize.

The sheetmetal is at once sexy, sultry, and supremely muscular — gorgeous enough, in fact, to make it a close contender for our Design of the Year award.

PS: The Baronne Duster was a very close contender for this spot.

Manchester United remain Real Madrid and Barcelona's closest contenders for value, and with a return to the Champions League expected and an improved battle for the Premier League title, all certainly looks well with the Red Devils.

There are no other close contenders for GOTY 2017.

Not exact matches

Other contenders include Virgin Atlantic's swinger - lounge - cum - massage - parlor, Emirates Airlines» private suites with closing doors and minibar, and Qatar Airways» separate terminal for first - and business - class passengers at its hub in Doha replete with a Jacuzzi and saunas.

They are the latest bogeyman for so many clubs who are either trying to beat them or to position themselves as closest contender.

Champions league has been horrible, and our form hasn't been close to our best... Though I still think we're genuine contenders for the league, we can lift, and will.

Still have yet to hear a pundit / ex-player acknowledge we are much closer to title contenders than they all seem to be giving us credit for.

Many expected Sebastian Vettel to be the lead contender for P1 on the Monaco GP grid and the four - time champion ran his team - mate close.

this article typifies everything that is wrong with our club... if you had any balls you would have started with that Mertz nonsense, but instead, like Wenger, you started out pretending to be a rational individual only to reveal your true unintelligible in the final paragraph... I feel like you have never watched Mertz play except for in the FA Cup final last year... how does someone help defend corners, crosses and the like when you can't man - mark, you have a negative vertical and you close your eyes whenever the ball comes in your direction... this was a panic buy that didn't make sense then, considering how most teams were setup to counterattack us, and it makes even less sense now... he was well past his prime when he arrived, like Podolski, Arteta, Flamini 2.0 among numerous others, and was used by Wenger to trick the uninformed fans into believing he cared about turning this team into a true contender

Had it not been for a close loss to Notre Dame, more people might be talking about Arizona State right now as a Pac - 12 contender.

A recent classic, Aaron Ramsey scored this fantastic volley against Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium last season in a 2 - 0 win that made Arsenal look real contenders for the title, even if in the end it was Brendan Rodgers» side who came far closer.

Manuel Pellegrini's team had been the Blues» closest title contenders for much of the season — even drawing level on points with Jose Mourinho's men over the festive period.

With your national title favorite, two other contenders, and depth it hasn't been able to boast for a couple of years, 2017's SEC will likely come pretty close to living up to its self - made hype.

They must travel to face Manchester City at the Etihad for their next league match, in another huge fixture that — depending on other results — could see them close the gap on Chelsea while extending their own lead over the other contenders for the top four spots.

As polls closed, Andy Burnham, one of the 2015 leadership contenders, appeared to declare that he would be standing for the post of Manchester mayor in 2017.

Natinoal Democrats can barely contain their glee over the revelation this morning that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — a leading GOP contender for the 2016 presidential race — was not only closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, but that those lanes were closed in a clear act of political retribution.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has praised Welsh Labour's record and calls for closer links with the UK party.

Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn praises Welsh Labour's record and calls for closer links with the UK party.

State Democrats are close to picking a former federal prosecutor — freshman Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, 37 — to run for scandal - scarred former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» newly open seat on Long Island, calling him a «dream» candidate, while Republicans are scrambling to find a contender.

The BBC's Ben Brown takes a closer look at the contenders for the Labour Party leadership, who take part in a Newsnight debate in Nuneaton on Wednesday evening.

James is also a rumored contender to run for mayor in 2021, and Bronx sources told Crain's that Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — a close friend of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — hoped the public advocate would join him in the mayoral race and cut into the African - American base of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, another City Hall aspirant.

A handful of prominent Democrats are raising millions of dollars for the office, but with November of next year looking closer and closer by the day, a Republican contender has yet to formally throw his or her hat into the ring, let alone begin fundraising, creating an environment where the GOP establishment is willing to meet with literally anybody.

Democratic City Councilman David Alvarez has closed the gap after trailing Republican Councilman Kevin Faulconer for much of the San Diego mayor's race, putting the contenders in a statistical dead heat ahead of Tuesday's election, according to a new U-T San Diego / 10News Poll.

She polled 4,161 votes while her closest contender who is the immediate past Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ledzokuku - Krowor; Daniel Amartey Mensah, had 2,092 votes.

Incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Madam Ursula Owusu - Ekuful, has beaten her closest contender Roni Nicol, to emerge winner in today's [Saturday] primary.

Besides the congressional race, Mr. Linares faces a challenge for his Assembly seat from the chief of staff to Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez — a close ally of State Senator Adriano Espaillat, another contender for the House seat.

It's a strong contender for the geekiest video ever made: a close - up of a smartphone with line upon line of numbers and symbols scrolling down the screen.

Well, I am a sucker for a red shoe so I think I'll have to choose Betsy 810 (although Greta 810 is a very close contender!!!)

Okay, it's a stretch under the new voting scheme to think that Adam Lambert's closing credits track «Time For Miracles» from Roland Emmerich's blow - stuff - up - good entry «2012» would be an Oscar contender, but with the film hitting theaters over the weekend (and with the just - announced news that another big sci - fi entry will have an original tune -LSB-...]

When the «close call» contenders miss, they usually miss for the «WTF?»

It's late in the running, but in the closing days of 2016 comes a strong new contender for the dumbest movie of the year: the video game adaptation «Assassin's Creed.»

Director Garth Davis (best known for the Oscar contender Lion) fills the film with tear - stained close - ups of her and shots of a dreamy looking Jesus, preaching to his followers.

The top four contenders aren't just all possibilities here, they're also all legitimate contenders for Best Picture and looking at the recent trend of Best Picture winners, it's a screenplay win that is its closest ally.

Opening with a red carpet premiere of Marshall, peaking with the centerpiece of Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, and closing with the Oscar contender The Shape of Water from Guillermo del Toro, the 53rd CIFF fills the AMC River East 21 for two weeks.

And if the eventual winners» circle includes notable contenders like Jordan Peele's sharp racial satire / horror debut Get Out, Greta Gerwig's nuanced mother - daughter tale Lady Bird or Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison (the first female cinematographer ever nominated for the Oscars), «it would tell us that the industry isn't closed off to recognizing diverse voices, new voices and different voices,» Yamato noted.

And though his divisive approach of literally staging Anna Karenina made for one of the year's handsomest spectacles, Wright won't come close to top placement in his category either, now that the Best Director race has, as expected, come down to baitier contenders like Bigelow, Spielberg, Affleck, and Lee.

Certainly, though there are a few close contenders, The Dead has been firmly established as the best cinematic depiction of Joyce's work, and there are a number of reasons for this.

In years when there's a supporting - actor contender who maybe should have won the Oscar but didn't quite get there, that person often wins the Globe: think Clive Owen for Closer or Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls.

As the filing window closed at 5 o'clock yesterday, the results showed - among other things - a large field of contenders running for a Park City school board seat, and also for County Auditor.

Of the highs and lows of 2014, a primary contender for the lowest of the low points was when Governor Malloy's administration, through outgoing Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor, agreed, in a closed door meeting in Washington State — on Friday night November 14, 2014 — to intentionally set the «passing» grade on the Smarter Balanced Consortium Common Core Test at a level that ensures that most of Connecticut's children will unfairly fail the upcoming Common Core test.

A diesel powertrain option for GM's full - size SUVs has been rumored for at least a year, and the leading contender may be a revival of the 4.5 - liter Duramax V - 8 that came very close to production before falling victim to the company's 2009 bankruptcy.

With TCR racing growing in popularity for its relative affordability, close racing and equally tangible links to showroom products, JAS Motorsport has developed a new contender from the latest Honda Civic Type R

There's no mention of price and timing, but if they can bring a snappier 10 - inch Honeycomb tablet in for anywhere close to what they charge for the current Tab, Samsung should have an instant contender on its hands.

Since «Demon's Night» was the first book I ever wrote, plus I rote it in English, which is not my native language, clearly there is room for improvement and I intend to take another close look at the story to see how I can make it a stronger contender in the field.

The call for contenders is closed!

Unfortunately, as far as the underlying game goes, Knockout Boxing isn't anywhere close to being a contender for Boxing Video Game Champion.

I could write 20 + pages of why you should get this game and why it is as close to a perfect game you could ever come by but as mentioned in the start of this review, if you don't already own this game you are either waiting for the PC release or you just hate the franchise, that is the only two reasons I could possible think of as to why you would miss out on such an incredible game that is GTA V. Game of the year contender on many, many gamers lists worldwide, no doubt.