Sentence examples for a distinguished candidate from inspiring English sources

In 1975 Kennedy was appointed by President Gerald R. Ford to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and in that capacity he established himself as a distinguished candidate to fill the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Lewis Powell in 1987.

Simply the most distinguished candidate in this aspect of policy.

It was a responsibility that seemed to carry a Wagnerian curse, having since 1970 been abandoned by a number of distinguished candidates.

At all events, we are back to the old days of appointments not applications, and a lot of distinguished candidates have been the victims of what became a complete charade.

Even seemingly distinguished candidates that gain a seat in office have to scratch the backs of those that put them in office -- the parties that widely rely on union support for votes.

We sifted through that information, looking for what distinguished candidates who got hired as CEOs from those who didn't, and those who excelled in the role from those who underperformed.

Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of Ipsa, said the new board members were "impressive individuals", adding: "I'm delighted that IPSA has attracted such high quality and distinguished candidates – I think it speaks to the importance of IPSA's task and the progress we have made to date.

They comfortably tell themselves that this is all just one big aberration, and that when Trump exits the stage America will then return to sober analysis of distinguished candidates for president.

-- and, after a series of illuminating discussions with knowledgeable colleagues, proudly presenting a distinguished slate of candidates to the Tony voters.

But as I stood up with my fellow committee members to take my turn at the podium, I realized that it would be hard to express in a short speech our months of work designing and publicizing the awards and the difficulty we had selecting honorees from such a distinguished pool of candidates.

After the first week of the tournament, The Guardian's David Lacey wrote that they were "at the head of a distinguished list of European candidates" to win the tournament.