Sentence examples for leading prospects from inspiring English sources

Senator Goodman is a leading prospects for the Republican mayoral nomination in New York City this year.

George Steinbrenner named Williams to manage the Yankees after the '73 season, but the deal fell through when Finley insisted on receiving two leading prospects as compensation.

On the Republican side, leading prospects include Tom Davis, a longtime congressman from Northern Virginia, and the conservative former governor Jim Gilmore.

Ms. Isaacs and Robert G. Friedman, the co-chairman of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, were regarded by fellow governors and other academy insiders to be leading prospects for the presidency.

Irving's name has not appeared on any of the lists of leading prospects circulating through Washington--lists headed by two other Californians, Judge D. Lowell Jensen of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and Associate Atty.

Custom precludes active campaigning for its top office, though Ms. Isaacs and Robert G. Friedman, the co-chairman of Lionsgate's movie group, were widely considered to be the leading prospects for the presidency.

The leading prospect to buy the company is a joint bid from General Motors and Fiat.

A leading prospect to succeed Mr. Block is Richard Lyng, according to people who know him well.

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's popular attorney general, was widely regarded as the Democrats' leading prospect to replace Mr. Lieberman.

Mr. Portman, who was elected to the Senate in 2010 after representing the Cincinnati area in Congress for 12 years, is seen as a leading prospect.

Dr. Goldstein, who had been a leading prospect for chancellor of the City University of New York, said today that he had ruled out seeking that job.