The phrase "a major candidate for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone or something that is considered a strong contender for a particular position, award, or opportunity.
Example: "She is a major candidate for the position of CEO due to her extensive experience in the industry."
Alternatives: "a strong contender for" or "a leading candidate for".
Another reason is we don't have a major candidate for winning the overall classification of the Tour de France.
Mr. Trump's statement appeared to be the first time that a major candidate for president had suggested conditioning the United States' defense of its major allies.
For the first time, a major candidate for national office talked about abortion with the phrase "If I were pregnant," or about foreign policy with the personal observation "As the mother of a draft-age son...."....
For the first time, a major candidate for national office talked about abortion with the phrase "If I were pregnant," or about foreign policy with the personal observation "As the mother of a draft-age son...."....
You can't do that when you're a major candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, any more than you can refuse to shake Yasser Arafat's hand when you're Speaker of the House.
However, polyimide/polyamide resin is a major candidate for the source material of the particles.
Notably, ESCs have great developmental plasticity and can be induced to become NSPCs with specific differentiation potentials, making them a major candidate of cell replacement therapies for SCI.
In the presidential race, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, the Republican front-runner of the moment, took the debate over entitlements to a level never before seen from a major candidate, calling for the end of all three programs as currently structured.
Plasmodium vivax apical membrane antigen-1 (PvAMA-1) is a major candidate antigen for human malaria vaccine.
Circadian rhythm instability, through its contribution to the underlying neurobiology and genetics of BD, appears to be a major candidate endophenotype for studies aiming to identify the factors associated with treatment response in BD (Hasler et al. 2006).
Apoptosis is a major candidate process for neuronal death in the setting of HAD [40], but additional studies are needed to uncover the relationship between reduced neuronal autophagy and apoptosis in this disorder.
