Sentence examples for a powerful contender from inspiring English sources

But the emergence of a powerful contender to succeed him, even within his own party, threatens to undermine his authority and diminish his chances of advancing his program.

Intentionally or not, she has positioned herself as a powerful contender for the role, and thus as a rival to James.

The Katharina/Thielemann/Ruzicka triumvirate is a powerful contender, but the controlling body, the Stiftungsrat of the Richard Wagner Foundation, could still decide in favour of Nike or her cousin Eva WagnEvaPasquiEva

That was the dazzling achievement of 2012, and last night as you played back so many of the old Games, and even while allowing that London indeed had a powerful case to be seen as, if not the best, certainly a powerful contender, you were reminded more strongly than ever of the astounding durability of Olympic sport.

That would make it a powerful contender, on par with the iPhone 4S on paper.

But disregarding those issues, the GX1 is a powerful contender against the likes of Samsung, Sony, Olympus, and the rest, offering a sort of camera-lover's camera without any gimmicks or weird styling.

Josiah's successful rebellion ended when he fell in battle against a more powerful contender for the Assyrian succession, Necho of Egypt.

Mr. Liu, who was previously viewed as a potentially powerful contender for the mayor's office in 2013, has been struggling to respond to questions raised by The New York Times in October about the legitimacy and source of his contributions.

Combining forces which both institutions' vice-chancellors favour will create a much more powerful contender.

This week's merger between UBS and SBC creates a powerful new contender.

In that context, he resembles the last black man deemed to be a powerful presidential contender, Colin L. Powell, who flirted with a White House bid in 1995.