Sentence examples for distinguished candidates from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

Mehrotra is in the company of a host of distinguished unsuccessful candidates for the position, including CS Lewis, FR Leavis, Robert Lowell and Stephen Spender.

-- 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.

The last election, in which a board of 100 distinguished electors chose from candidates nominated by the public, was held in 1976.

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.

While Mr. Smyslov was part of the world championship cycle several more times, and had a very distinguished tournament career, the 1984 candidates' final against Mr. Kasparov was the only time he again got close to playing for the regular world title.