Sentence examples for compete for the post from inspiring English sources
A large field of Republican candidates has lined up to compete for the post, but the decision appeared, for now, to leave Mr. Quinn, who has been seen as vulnerable in part because of the state's serious fiscal woes, with a far simpler path among Democrats.
Mr. Obuchi became party president after a spectacle all but unheard of in Japanese politics: an open effort to defeat a candidate anointed by most of the ruling party elders, and a public race to compete for the post of party leader.
This means, for example, that when a particular committee gets a Conservative or Labour chair, the Tory or Labour candidates who compete for the post have to win votes – not just Tory or Labour votes but votes from MPs of other parties too.
Graduation is three months away and students are desperate to compete for the posts on offer at a job fair.
Competing for the post of city treasurer is Rachelle (Shelle) Bilhartz, a homemaker and community volunteer, who will oppose incumbent Gary Richard Arnold, a businessman who was appointed in January 1986.
She is seen as having no chance to win in the face of two heavyweight candidates competing for the post – senior Brotherhood figures Essam el-Erian and Saad el-Katatni.
She competed for the post-apartheid South African team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
A second culling this month will eliminate three candidates, leaving a final two to compete for the top post.
