Example sentences of "candidate for [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On both her outings Silk Slippers has thrust her attractive nose in front just where it matters and in so doing has established herself not merely as a valuable stud prospect , but an exciting candidate for next year 's 1,000 Guineas and Oaks . |
| 2 | ‘ This party now has a programme and will have an internal structure of which any West European socialist party would be proud , ’ Imre Pozsgay , the party 's candidate for next month 's presidential candidate , said . |
| 3 | the Racing Post did not mention him at all in its main preview of the race ; and the official Cheltenham racecard form guide nominated him ‘ more of a candidate for last place than first ’ . |
| 4 | Desert Orchid was beaten , but ahead of him two brave steeplechasers were fighting out a stirring finish , and fifty yards from the line the no-hoper , the candidate for last place rather than first , stuck his plain-looking chestnut head in front and kept it there . |
| 5 | More of a candidate for last place than first . |