Sentence examples for more likely contender from inspiring English sources

Listening to winning jockey Michael Hills on telly there, it seems Above Average is well liked in the yard and may run in the Derby, but that Redwood is thought to be a more likely contender.

"What if you were running a marathon but weren't anywhere near a water station?" Helped by early association with Chris Boardman – "back when he was a more likely contender for the Tour of Lancashire than the Tour de France" – SiS became a cult supplier in the cycling world, and soon expanded into other sports.

Introduced a year later, the GriD Compass 1100, designed by Brit Bill Moggridge, is a more likely contender.

The Scarlets and Cardiff Blues, both coached by New Zealanders, look more likely contenders for the top six.

The more likely contenders, Tzipi Livni of Kadima and Binyamin Netanyahu, head of the opposition Likud party, have also stayed mum about the scandal.So Mr Olmert may survive long enough in his job to sign a deal with Mr Abbas.

More likely contenders are recent books by authors who have been long- or shortlisted for awards in the past.

Several lower-profile figures, including the prime minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy; the prime minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende; and a former Austrian chancellor, Wolfgang Schüssel, appeared more likely as contenders.

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But while Coomber was expected to get a medal in 2002, Rudman arrived at these Games as no more than a likely contender.

Mr. Bloomberg said that Mr. Giuliani would more likely be a contender in 2017, rather than in 2013 — if at all.

But a Downing Street source told Newsnight that a policy change "remains a long way off" and that "it may be more likely as a contender for the Tories' next manifesto".