Sentences with phrase «unlikely candidate for»

Rockstar is an unlikely candidate for a partnership with Nintendo, as they haven't collaborated in the past and their profiles are vastly different.

E.g., when trying to explain to someone how microwave «radiation» is an unlikely candidate for causing cancer, I might say that it's rather well understood how low doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer, and the key part is not «radiation» (which microwaves are) but «ionizing» (which microwaves are not).

Tall and stooped, intensely wonky and hopelessly earnest, the 51 - year - old McKibben is an unlikely candidate for celebrity.

Living in an isolated Himalayan hamlet, 2,500 meters (5,600 feet) above sea level, Govind Singh Rana seems an unlikely candidate for wealth.

Bluemner makes an unlikely candidate for rediscovery.

With its source material exhibiting the resonant characterization and rich storytelling that's characteristic of the role - playing game, Persona seemed an unlikely candidate for a pugilistic - minded spin - off.

Strange choice of words, although the on - rails shooter seems an unlikely candidate for direct translation to the Xbox 360 or PS3.

Like the Wii, the DS was considered an unlikely candidate for success when it first arrived on store shelves.

«The camera and 3D - printed case together are bulky, making the package an unlikely candidate for commercial production,» CNET reported.

Last August, I argued that Anheuser - Busch would be unlikely candidate for significant earnings growth and dividend growth for the medium term, as I publicly disagreed with analysts calling for 9 % annual growth.

With 1 cubic foot less passenger volume than a Hyundai Elantra GT, the Encore seems an unlikely candidate for ample interior space, but cabin packaging is excellent.

Although Tamez Guerra may seem an unlikely candidate for an education leadership role, he has already helped change Mexico's classrooms.

That's a good line, and not just because Albert Brooks — round - faced, pushing 40, with enormous glasses and a distinctive Jewfro — is a physically and temperamentally unlikely candidate for the Easy Rider lifestyle.

The film centres around talented landscape gardener Madame Sabine De Barra (Kate Winslet) who finds herself an unlikely candidate for landscape architect of the still to - be-completed Palace of Versailles, and she soon finds herself into the bewildering world of the court of King Louis XIV (Alan Rickman).

Getting back or rather getting to the subject of this already overlong review... An unlikely candidate for titular release, He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown was the fifth animated Peanuts TV special created.

Madame Sabine De Barra (Kate Winslet) is an unlikely candidate for landscape architect of the still ‐ to - be-completed Palace of Versailles.

So a planet is actually a very unlikely candidate for a star westward from the pole.

An unlikely candidate for laugh out loud diversion, but that's what it is.

On that count, CHAMP Private Equity - owned Accolade Wines, which was headed for a $ 1 billion - plus float but then decided against it as the UK market soured, is increasingly regarded as an unlikely candidate for being stitched together with the commercial wine business of Treasury.

A frail New England schoolteacher (retired early for health reasons) she seemed to be an unlikely candidate for the crusading role she was to fill.

Bellman is an unlikely candidate for redemption, but he eventually chooses to reorient himself toward old - fashioned faith.

Leyton Orient are not one of the world's foremost clubs, in fact, they're virtually unheard of outside the UK... It makes them unlikely candidates for an Italian TV show.

Ditherers, hedonists, late sleepers — these he considered unlikely candidates for the good life, one he defined as rich in work, autonomy, earned rewards, and family harmony.

That same risk aversion makes us unlikely candidates for starting companies or going for a high - stakes, high - risk scientific prize.

TEMPE, Arizona — As a species of seeming feeble, naked apes, we humans are unlikely candidates for power in a natural world where dominant adaptations can boil down to speed, agility, jaws and claws.

Planets that are regularly swapped between their stars may be unlikely candidates for habitability, but the more compact a planetary system, the less likely a planet will be stolen by a passing star.

The Maximum Security Book Club: Reading Literature in a Men's Prison is Mikita Brottman's refreshingly straightforward account about all that did go right, as together they explored Heart of Darkness, The Black Cat, Lolita and other rather unlikely candidates for prison reading.

Data from the tropical and subtropical Andes suggest that changes in precipitation and cloud cover in the latter portion of the 20th century are minor, and that changes in these quantities are unlikely candidates for explaining Andes glacier retreat.

Not exact matches

Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate for president, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for President.»

For the «vast majority of candidates,» says Aiken, the intervention of a lawyer or bot is unlikely to do more than an accurate self - assessment using government - provided tools.

«At this rate, we should all be expecting to do jobs we've never done before for the rest of our careers,» says Shen, who adds that hiring managers should expand their searches beyond traditional candidates and look in unlikely places.

One obvious lesson is that it would be good for political parties to choose presidential candidates who are unlikely to induce FBI investigations.

References provided by candidates are unlikely to be negative, so ask for a background check waiver that allows you to talk to secondary references, such as mutual connections on LinkedIn, who may give you honest insight on how the candidate really performs.

The most aggressive right - wing members of the conservative press — the members who constantly lambasted certain Republicans for not toeing the hard - right line on every issue — got behind perhaps the most unlikely candidate of all: Donald Trump.

The New York Giants are now in the market for a new head coach and as they look for candidates, they may end up competing with an unlikely team — the winless Cleveland Browns.

Mr. Hawkesworth's campaign has released impressive endorsements from some unlikely figures — former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes, former PC MLA Gordon Shrake, former Liberal candidate Brian Edy, and current city councillors Diane Colley - Urquhart and Druh Farrell — to demonstrate a broad support for his candidacy.

The people who are furious about the closure of the Edmonton City Centre Airport or annoyed about the funding of the Art Gallery of Alberta are unlikely to vote for the same candidate as the people angry over the Capital Power - Epcor decision.

Somber commentators take turns assigning blame for the sorry state of affairs to the candidates and to the media, but it is unlikely that a failure so massive and persistent can be charged to one of the usual suspects.

The two newcomers seemed unlikely candidates to change that situation, because both had spent most of their time in college blocking for real running backs.

A return for Pulis is unlikely — though not impossible, because football — and as such, there is no obvious candidate to take over.

While they above are fringe squad players and thus obvious candidates to leave, Barcelona are unlikely to receive substantial offers for any of them.

The Democratic Endorsed Candidate for Rochester Mayor received some support from an unlikely source Friday.

So much for Elwyn Watkins, the Lib Dem candidate, who didn't do nearly enough to seize his unlikely second chance in the seat.

And, with one or two exceptions, they're usually the sorts of candidates who are unlikely to raise much money for their campaigns anyway and so are looking for an issue with which to attack their opponents.

Jay Jacobs, the Democratic chairman for Nassau County, where the state party convention will be held, said on Wednesday that it's unlikely that Assembly Democrats will pick a Schneiderman replacement before the gathering, given that the candidate interviews are only being conducted the week beforehand.

Jay Jacobs, the Democratic chairman for Nassau County, where the state party convention will begin on May 23, said it's unlikely that Assembly Democrats will pick a Schneiderman replacement before the gathering, given that the candidate interviews are only being conducted the week beforehand.

But unless Conservative MPs turned out en masse to vote against the Party's right - an unlikely course of action, given the»22 Executive results - Liberal and Labour support for less spiky candidates provides the only comprehensible explanation of the results.

This has the appeal of a man bites dog story — de Blasio a favored candidate of many unions and the Working Families Party, would seem an unlikely politician for developers to embrace.

Without the former party leader and popular local candidate standing for the Conservatives it seems unlikely that Gordon MacDonald's position will be usurped.

While it's unlikely Nixon would continue to campaign against Cuomo if he defeats her in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in September, there's a chance she'd continue to use her WFP ballot line to go after the incumbent and provide an opening for some yet - to - be-identified strong GOP candidate.