Sentences with phrase «of usual contenders»

Teams from the list of usual contenders have become stronger, and in the shadows lie a few upstarts who might surprise when the postseason begins on Nov. 7.

Not exact matches

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Well, like I and some other discerning Gunners said at the beginning of the season, that we will at some point have a spell of good games, look like we are true contenders for the EPL trophy but when it matters most we shall fall short and settle for our usual 4th place trophy.

Connecticut may be the pick to win it all, but the Huskies will have to fight off a deeper field of contenders than usual in the women's top 20

The usual contenders, Worcester and Teddy Hall are sitting at the top of the JCR Premier League with Exeter only a few points off the pace.

In 2004, the Howard Dean campaign made electoral history by harnessing the power of the internet to raise more than any other Democratic contender: more than $ 25m raised, largely in small - money donations averaging $ 80 — a marked contrast to the usual way of doing things, which involves raising titanic sums from rich people whom you then owe a lot of favours to, whether or not you take office.

Of the three Democratic contenders for Ney's seat, my campaign proposals alone go far beyond «business as usual» Washington politics.

String theory, one of the leading contenders for a quantum theory of gravity, predicts that space has dimensions beyond the usual three.

It snagged plenty of the usual Oscar lead - up awards and remains a prime contender.

And while you can roll your eyes at the usual quota of awards - season launches — 18 credible contenders this year — most of them were of a higher - than - usual standard and some of them were top - notch.

As usual, we can expect the boys to sit back and wait for a contender to survive Darwin - style before doubling down, but one element of «The Iron Lady» everyone expects to have no trouble finding a nomination is Meryl Streep's performance as -LSB-...]

The contenders for the top prize — eight films out of a possible 10 spots — are mostly your usual suspects, including «Bridge of Spies» and «The Big Short.»

There has been talk (probably generating from the studio marketing department) that this is an Oscar contender, but it never distinguishes itself as anything more than an effective genre piece, graced by the usual high - standard of work by cinematographer Roger Deakins and with particular appeal to those who enjoyed the above - mentioned (and overpraised) Dennis Lehane adaptations.

Harvey Weinstein has never been one to put much faith in the length of Academy voters» memories, so as usual, he's favoring a late - year release plan for his presumed awards contenders — the prospects of which I was discussing only the other day.

The last two weeks have seen the usual weak roster of films that studios tend to release in late August, before the autumn slate of Oscar contenders come out.

The 2016 Audi RS7, like the Aston Martin Rapide S, is another sedan in coupe's clothing, wearing its sleek hatchback styling to stand out from the usual crowd of super fast contenders on the 4 - door scene.

By a first vote, in June, jurors brought the number of contenders down from 20 to the usual maximum of 15 «semi-finalists» in the bustling Utility vehicle category.

Aside from the usual, affordable goodness of IKEA, John Lewis is another contender for decent frames.

After answering all the usual questions about the car and driver (s), the quote tool gives you three coverage options, with six month premiums for our Honda starting at $ 177 for six months of bare - bones coverage with no collision or comprehensive, making them the second cheapest of our contenders.

As usual, I wish I'd brought along a less awesome phone just to show how far ahead the Pixel and these two new flagship contenders are from the rest of the Android field and Apple's iPhone X. For now, all I can declare with surety is that Huawei's P20 Pro has one of the top three cameras on the market and it legitimately tempts me to put down the Pixel for a while and try life the Huawei way.