Sentence examples for heavyweights from inspiring English sources

"The field is awfully crowded, with a lot of heavyweights".

Anything less would leave Mexico, the regional heavyweights, heading to New Zealand in November to give themselves a second chance at their sixth consecutive World Cup finals appearance.

Diplomats said Brahimi would first visit Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, all regional diplomatic heavyweights, for consultations before heading to Damascus.

Senior Labor figures including the former prime minister Bob Hawke, federal opposition leader Bill Shorten and former NSW premier Bob Carr were at the funeral, as were Liberal heavyweights including the NSW premier, Mike Baird, former premier Barry O'Farrell and the former federal Liberal minister Philip Ruddock.

So it was that the two heavyweights crossed the Mersey together on Thursday morning, Kilfoyle's hair billowing in the breeze, Salmond's more securely tethered.

The crowd listened quietly for much of Rubio's remarks, which at a brief 13 minutes were largely devoid of the pomp and bombast of the other Republican heavyweights who had descended on Greenville that weekend.

Loach's latest broadside against the political establishment also represents his own confirmation as part of the cinematic establishment: Jimmy's Hall is the 12th film of his to be selected for the Cannes competition, alongside such other multi-appearance heavyweights as Mike Leigh, Jean-Luc Godard and the Dardennes brothers.

Speaking within minutes of each other in a small hotel in Nashua, the two heavyweights seen as closest to the party mainstream sought to shake off differing reputations that may hold back their anticipated declaration as candidates with remarkably similar speeches focused on their personality and records as state governors.

Douglas, despite being one of the world's 10 leading heavyweights, seems to have as much chance of beating Tyson as a sumo wrestler does of riding the St Leger winner.

Senators and representatives who had returned to their constituencies for recess were taking calls from several administration heavyweights, including White House chief of staff, Denis McDonough, Treasury secretary Jack Lew and vice president Joe Biden.

Whitehall likes political heavyweights.