Sentence examples similar to accepted favourite from inspiring English sources

The model results also provide a novel and comprehensive attribution study of the factors most influencing change in team performance, and partly address the cause of the widely accepted favourite-longshot bias observed in bookies odds.

On wages, Mr. Rubin and the Project accept a favourite left-factoid, that average productivity growth more rapid than median wage growth is a terrible problem.

Redknapp, 64, is largely accepted to be favourite to succeed Capello, who quit after disagreeing with the FA's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.

Downey accepted the award for favourite movie actor wearing sneakers and a T-shirt under his suit, so you know he's chill.

Ruutli refused to embrace the label of underdog, just as Trapattoni has not accepted that Ireland are favourites, despite them sitting 25th in the Fifa rankings, 24 places above Estonia.

"We have accepted the tag of favourites, which has not always sat well on our shoulders.

Wenger accepted his team were "favourites" but expected "...Southampton to be at their best against us because it will be a different team than the one we faced in the championship recently".

"When confidence grows and performance grows - you can accept being a favourite, albeit those tags are tags put on by other people rather from within.

Nigel Adkins accepts he is favourite to become the first managerial casualty in the Premier League this season after Southampton suffered their eighth top-flight defeat of the campaign.

"We've got four more matches and I want to take 12 points from 12. We can't accept we are favourites and with the form the other chasing teams are showing we are going to have to do our bit.

However, the Swansea defender accepts Belgium are favourites to top the group.