Sentence examples for probable nominee from inspiring English sources

Mitt Romney, still by a whisker the Republicans' probable nominee, calls China a "cheater" he would designate as a currency manipulator on his first day in office.

Mr. Romney is still the most probable nominee, but he seems to have lost his air of inevitability, which may change his campaign's calculus.

When Mr Tandjung was still mired in legal difficulties, General Wiranto, a former army chief, had emerged as Golkar's probable nominee.

Only 24percentt of Mr. McCain's supporters called themselves enthusiastic; 28 percent said that they were supporting him only because he was the Republican Party's probable nominee, or because they disliked Mr. Obama.

Attempting to outdo his rivals, the probable nominee Donald Trump claims that "we already have tremendous regulations.

In the close states, those same Democrats soon will be telling the Green Party and its probable nominee — Jill Stein — to get lost, calling a vote for Stein a vote for Donald Trump.

The most unusual feature of this year's primary is that the names of all candidates will appear on the same ballot regardless of party, providing the first big test of the probable nominees' comparative strength in a general election.

The big question is whether he'll be plausible in Nov. The weakness of the two parties' probable nominees, and Perot's willingness to spend at least $100,000,000 of his own money are reasons to take his candidacy seriously.

In a running compilation of best-picture contenders maintained by the Web site Movie City News (moviecitynews.com/awards/index_gurus.html), 15 Oscar watchers by mid-December were offering nearly identical renderings of the 10 probable nominees; only the order was different.

Still, at the moment, the primary campaign is heading to an odd conclusion: two underdogs are setting a standard for an election that the two probable nominees are unlikely to meet.

Many of our favorites echo the probable nominees, but we have enough curve balls to keep voters thinking, if they're willing to buck conventional wisdom about which shoo-ins deserve spots.