Sentence examples for serious challenger for from inspiring English sources

Mr. Velella, a senator since 1986, could face a serious challenger for the first time in many years.

But Mr Kennedy's policy advisers believe that this must change if the party is to be seen as a serious challenger for government.

This year, Mr. Obama does not face a serious challenger for the Democratic nomination, so the Republican contest is the only real game in town.

But, as total sales of computer memory in 2000 were estimated by Semico Research Corporation to have been worth $48 billion, manufacturers have a considerable incentive to ensure that MRAM becomes a serious challenger for DRAM's crown.

Now he is back as a serious challenger for The Masters eight years after he rolled in a 15ft birdie putt in a play-off to win his fourth green jacket.

He is prepared to trade verbal blows with Greene, who last week all but dismissed anyone else as a serious challenger for the 100 metres title at the world championships in Edmonton in August.

Most serious challengers for promotion reckon on losing millions along the way in wages and transfer fees.

We should be aiming to top Group E, with Tottenham the only real serious challengers for the top spot.

We will have to see what the courses are at the Giro and the Tour, and who we sign up for next year, but [in 2017] we will look for stages and be serious challengers for high places overall.

In Indianapolis, Representative Andre Carson, a Democrat who won a special election in March to succeed his grandmother, the late Julia Carson, has serious challengers for his seat in the Seventh Congressional District.

Ainslie and his team, who finished tenth in their opening event in the US last month and return to the same waters this week for the second round, are hoping to become serious challengers for the 35th America's Cup.