Sentence examples for obvious lead from inspiring English sources

The Puppinis lack an obvious lead singer and defining personality.

The obvious bid is usually the right one, and the obvious lead is usually the one that defeats the contract.

A trump lead would have been effective, but West had an obvious lead of the diamond king.

In practice West made the obvious lead of the spade king, and South escaped for down two, 500.

Seeing the two of them side by side, boy and girl, with no obvious lead singer – it inspired the xx hugely.

But in the current climate, not being the obvious lead nation is a vote winner in the US following the costly involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The police failed to pursue obvious leads in Lucie Blackman's disappearance.

The most obvious led to the Kremlin, if not to President Putin himself; that 7 October is his birthday fuelled speculation about someone perhaps offering a macabre present.

The levels are packed with characters from the cinematic series – not just the obvious leads, but also obscure extras – as well as instantly recognisable dinosaurs, vehicles and locations.

Investigators found no new obvious leads after renewing the search in a SoHo basement for Etan Patz, 6, who disappeared in 1979.

That is a legal and not-uncommon tactic in complex cases like the anthrax inquiry, in which investigators have exhausted obvious leads and are trying to narrow the field of people who might have been involved.