Sentences with phrase «stands as a contender»

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But if you are sitting and waiting to see if we are true contenders or not... my friend, right now, as our squad stands, we are NOT.

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.

As it stands, I think Otto is the closest to actually being that player (a contender # 3), compared to Wall being a contender # 1 or Beal being a contender # 2.

His displays were of a sufficient standard to make him one of the stand - out young central midfielders in Europe, however, with United quickly emerging as the main contenders for Carvalho's signature.

Louisville and Ohio State are still contenders, but would need either standings miracles that'd allow them to play for their conference titles or to break precedent and make it in as non-champs.

While neither team was able to climb as high as they would have liked in the Standings by season's end, both were able to snag a win over one of the top two contenders, Teams Maione and Valvassori.

As things stand, the same can't necessarily be said for Mourinho, Manchester United and Paul Pogba, and that could decide who will be the Premier League's leading contender for the Ballon d'Or once the age of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo finally comes to an end.

Even at 3 - 2 as it stands we are nowhere near title contenders and it's looked like that for months.

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.

Yvette Cooper positioned herself as the only leadership contender prepared to stand up for the last Labour government's financial management.

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.

In essence, Jarvis's political experience on the national stage made him stand out as the only credible contender — in fact as the only candidate that looked prepared and cared enough to put together a full manifesto for the mayoral post, whilst the others relied on notes scribbled on a piece of paper at best.

This description stands in stark contrast to how things are going here in New York between the Indian tribes and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, of course, is also frequently mentioned as a potential 2016 contender.

There is a general expectation of this sort of squeeze as the election approaches — the nature of First Past the Post is that votes for smaller parties don't stand much chance of being translated into MPs unless they are geographically concentrated and as the election approaches the media coverage almost inevitably focuses ever more upon the main contenders (though more on that later).

The party's former leadership contender Norman Lamb announced he intends to stand down as Lib Dem health spokesman to concentrate on his new role as chairman of the Commons science and technology committee.

He was regarded as a serious contender but had been damaged by the criticisms of Ann Widdecombe (who had served under him at the Home Office) that he had «something of the night about him» [4] and by the decision of William Hague, who had originally agreed to support Howard and become Deputy Leader, to stand in his own right.

According to him, as far as the 2020 general elections is concerned, former president John Mahama stands a pole position among the various contenders, his candidature may not help the National Democratic Congress (NDC) win the elections as envisaged.

He said the newly - elected MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood «made more sense» than the contenders to lead her party, and she should stand as he encouraged her to «go for it».

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

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Moreover, «Hugo» now stands as a considerable contender against the other old timey cinema ode «The Artist» (which made it onto the Best Film list).

In Nigel Cole's crowd - pleasing «Made in Dagenham,» we already know Sally Hawkins is a solid contender in a dense lead actress field for her work as Rita O'Grady, a composite character representing a number of ladies who stood up for equal pay in late - 1960s England.

However, considering the fact that those two films are near masterpieces, giving Manchester By The Sea that qualification means that it ranks among the best of the century so far, and quite easily stands as the best film I've seen this year with only a month left to go for the unlucky contenders looking to unseat it.

Whether or not Woody Allen wins any Oscars on Sunday, his 2011 contender, Midnight in Paris , will stand as a remarkable accomplishment.

While the $ 38 million Steve McQueen's «12 Years a Slave» has now grossed could be seen in comparison to many recent major Oscar contenders as mildly underwhelming, when one considers the hardly marketable content (a dark, sometimes brutal exploration of slavery), its $ 20 million budget, and the fact that there could be a good $ 10 - 20 million where that came from once the Oscar nominations come out, «12 Years» stands firmly in the success story column (and should end up topping the aforementioned «Instructions» as the year's highest grossing specialty film by the end of January).

«The Way, Way Back» doesn't have enough emotional punch to be an awards contender, but in a summer filled with big budget blockbusters, leave it to a quaint coming - of - age comedy to stand out as the best of the season.

I decided to update the Contenders section this week by addressing things (mostly) as they seem to stand in the wake of the critics» awards circuit of the last two weeks.

The Panamera Diesel has been stood up as a serious contender among them — particularly for the enthusiast - but it's a persuasive option rather than the irrefutable must - have that Porsche so often turns out.

Picking the number one entry was difficult because while there was plenty of games that I enjoyed there wasn't really anything that stood out as the immediate contender, whereas in past years there has almost always been a title or three vying for the top spot.

There are a few contenders for the crown, but as it stands now, Forza is still king of the hill as far as this genre goes.

Having studied recent contenders for the Turner Prize, such as Tracey Emin's unmade bed, a photograph of Concorde and a lengthy film of policemen standing still, Mr Saunders believes that his vehicles are also eligible.

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As most of you know, two lawyer - contenders, John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani today dropped out of the presidential campaign, leaving two lawyers (Obama and Clinton) standing on the Democratic side, and just one, Mitt Romney, on the Republican side.

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