Sentence examples for front runner to replace from inspiring English sources

Despite, Murdoch's remarks about his son, it remains impossible to discount Lachlan, once the front runner to replace his father at the head of News Corp.

An obvious front runner to replace is Seamus Mallon, who leads the party in the assembly and has been around almost as long as Hume.

Its biggest success has been in the Western Cape, one of the country's nine provinces, where the DA has set up a strong network, especially in Coloured areas; indeed, the DA is now the party to which the country's 4.2m Coloureds (as well as its 4.4m whites) give their largest vote.An early front runner to replace Mr Leon is probably Helen Zille, Cape Town's feisty mayor.

Napoli coach Rafael Benitez is the front runner to replace the former AC Milan and Chelsea manager.

Last month, for example, the current front runner to replace Jerry Brown as Californian Governor in 2018, Gavin Newsom – traditionally one of Silicon Valley's most vocal supporters – warned graduating computer science students at UC Berkeley about the duty to "exercise their moral authority" to improve society.

Buck Showalter would have probably been the front-runner to replace Torre.

The French finance minister Christine Lagarde is the front-runner to replace him, after nominations closed last Friday.

Mr. Canellos, who served as Mr. Khuzami's top deputy, was long considered a front-runner to replace him.

Abbott is the front-runner to replace Texas Governor Rick Perry, also an opponent of gay marriage.

Mario Monti, a former European commissioner, has been widely mentioned as the front-runner to replace Mr. Berlusconi, and he could take over as early as Monday.

Nathan Bostock, RBS's new finance director (he's currently running its restructuring operations), has emerged as the front-runner to replace Stephen Hester as the bank's chief executive.