Sentence examples for marginal leader from inspiring English sources

For their trouble, the Heat went from the marginal leader in the Eastern Conference to a juggernaut virtually guaranteed of having home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

After long years as a marginal peasant leader, he finally brought his revolution to all of China, forcing his great rival Chiang Kai-shek to flee to Taiwan (then called Formosa).

In the current issue, Pankaj Mishra reviews three new books about Mao Zedong, who began his career as a marginal peasant leader and rose to supremacy within the Chinese Communist Party in the mid-twentieth century.

It's in a marginal seat - leaders do tend to swing through there.

The Internet rewards scale; by trading higher up-front costs for lower marginal cost, market leaders can invest in better technology and service.

Asked whether the dispute could affect Labor's chances in key marginal seats, the opposition leader, Bill Shorten, said the focus was safety, not the election.

It is also likely that militant leaders enjoyed a greater sense of personal significance in their organization than did marginal "foot soldiers;" consequently leaders may be more resistant to change than followers.

Some would claim that this is all highly optimistic and that more emphasis on values in business education would only show a marginal improvement of business leaders' behavior.

Because Labour's national poll ratings are dire, and this will be the first byelection fought in a Labour/Conservative marginal since Corbyn was elected leader.

Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of a marginal political movement called Left Front, was sentenced to 10 days in jail for organizing an unsanctioned march after a protest on March 10.

Although Clement Attlee had his family Hillman car (driven by his wife), and Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe visited marginal constituencies via a hovercraft, No 10 is still keen that this week's trip is seen as extraordinary.