Sentence examples for then contender from inspiring English sources
Remember those bidding games between Home Secretary, Michael 'Prison Works Howardd, and the then contender for his crown, Jack Straw.
I had started out as a sports writer, then a contender for sports editor position and then a contender for assistant news editor.
In 2004, then presidential contender Howard Dean openly worried that Democrats could not beat Bush unless they got a bigger share of white male votes.
In September, Herman Rowland, a Fairfield candy manufacturer and GOP donor, gave $2,500 to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, then a contender for the Republican presidential nomination.
As the then main contender for the presidency - and now elected president - Michel Aoun is also the first person that has succeeded in uniting most Christian political parties and communities.
But then other contenders emerged.
Prior to announcing his intention to run, one poll found Mr Colbert better placed, on 5%, than then-actual contender Jon Huntsman.
If we consider longevity to be as impressive as an eight-year blitz, then other contenders must come into play.
From a team based in New York, the bravado and star power only inflated expectations: if the Knicks look and act like championship contenders, then they must be championship contenders.
Then again, another contender for that honor starts for the Red Sox in Game 2 — Curt Schilling.
In these wholly unexpected circumstances the Byzantines found themselves the favoured allies first of one Turkish contender, then of another.
