Sentence examples for marginal favourite on from inspiring English sources

Djokovic is the marginal favourite on paper - his record takes care of that - but this is about more than stats.

Scorsese is also the marginal favourite to win the best director award ahead of Eastwood.

Johannes Pollak, a political scientist at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, said Van der Bellen was a marginal favourite to win.

This time she is one of the most high-profile athletes from any sport at the Games and the most visible British athlete on billboards around the city despite the fact that current world champion Tatyana Chernova is marginal favourite for gold with bookmakers.

Racing, marginal favourites to meet Saracens in the final, also employ the former Munster and Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara on their coaching staff.

Djokovic should start only a marginal favourite against his compatriot Janko Tipsarevic on Friday, his straight-sets loss to Ferrer on Wednesday night having etched doubt in bookmakers' minds; Ferrer plays Berdych, and that is very much an even-money proposition.

Waltz was the marginal favourite heading into the night, having already won at both the Golden Globes and Baftas.

But after events in Cardiff, Warburton - the early front-runner - is now the marginal favourite again, even though it appears he turned down the Wales captaincy against England to concentrate on his own game.

Burke weighed in at 172 pound, and started the contest as the marginal favourite at odds of 5 4.

The Cowboys head into the clash marginal favourites and the numbers are on their side.

England stepped out on Sunday as marginal favourites in a game close enough that every run seemed to matter.