Sentence examples for a candidate on paper from inspiring English sources

He remains a candidate on paper alone.Even Platini's confused status is instructive.

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, who gets an 85.5 percent probability to win the Republican presidential nomination by the online betting service Intrade.com, is a formidable candidate — on paper.

Ken McDonald is a great candidate on paper.

Mark McKinnon, a former media adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain, told The Daily Caller that Scarborough is "a great candidate" on paper and that he "would be highly entertaining and good for the party".

But the same things that make Pawlenty a good presidential candidate on paper -- a smart economically conservative blue-state governor with legitimate evangelical Christian credentials, an inspiring biography and a sharp-as-a-tack wife who'd appeal to women voters -- make him a good match for Romney's ticket.

The Conservative Party, which last time collected 7% of the votes, will also have a candidate on the ballot paper.

"One day when God decides that Mugabe dies, we will have his corpse appear as a candidate on the ballot paper," Mrs Mugabe told the rally in Buhera, south-east of the capital Harare.

On the defensive, for the rest of an uninspiring campaign he said very little at great length, and took to dodging interviews.Mrs Marois, a competent stalwart, was the stronger candidate on paper.

Luckily, you don't necessarily have to be the "perfect candidate" on paper to get a job offer.

"This year it really has to be the most impressive candidate on paper for firms to look at them".

It is not enough to be the best candidate "on paper" or knowing with 100% confidence that you can do the job, want the job, and are the best one for that job.