Sentences with phrase «of young pretenders»

But there are a lot of young pretenders.

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Then - president Sir Stanley Rous advises young pretender Joao Havelange — Sam Neill, who spends most of the film looking as though he's trying not to sneeze — that his presidential aspirations should be left for the moment.

Countless young pretenders have been and gone after making an initial impact, with the greats separating themselves from the good through showing a level of consistency that their rivals have been unable to attain.

Ferguson has made no secret of the fact he sees the midfielder as the man to take up the mantle of Paul Scholes, and he will use this season to establish the passing of the baton from the veteran to the young pretender.

But the Dutchman put both young pretenders in their place and looks certain to achieve his main objective of restoring United to the European elite — to keep those commercial deals rolling in, if not to seriously compete for the trophy.

This fear framed the reshuffle as Ed Miliband attempted to deal with Blairites, Ballsites, the new hero of the soft left, Andy Burnham and even the young pretender, Chuka Umunna.

During what is now commonly referred to as «Frieze Week» — such is the power of the art fair behemoth that is Frieze — the National Portrait Gallery have unveiled «Picasso Portraits», and proven that the Modern Masters beat the young pretenders to the art world throne hands down.