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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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leading
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Nearly all the leading contenders have all been eliminated over the last year or so.
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Solar power and fusion power are the two leading contenders .
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There are three leading Tory contenders .
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Kruger and Brannen are the leading contenders .
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After two or three such sessions, everyone's performance is scrutinised and the leading contenders selected.
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A LEADING contender in the mayoral race in Los Angeles wants to beef up the city's police force.
main
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This discourages campaigns based on party policy; usually the main contenders are all Liberal Democrats.
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The other main contender is the stylesheet approach as used by Ventura.
major
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If it were, Robbie Fulks would find himself a major contender , right alongside the faux country brilliance of Ween.
other
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In the event the only other contender was Enoch Powell- and he was a late starter.
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To the crowd in the tap bar he had seemed no different from any other young contender down for the Sports.
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The other main contender is the stylesheet approach as used by Ventura.
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The other contender was Phil Bainbridge.
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At 29 he's got everything, which can not be said of the other international contenders .
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Of course, it is possible that the favourites' votes may have been split, allowing other contenders to sneak in.
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We played really well and while the other contenders still had to play each other, our run-in was not too bad.
possible
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They join several prominent Montgomery Democrats who are considered possible contenders , including Sen.
presidential
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He was the first and only Presidential contender to propose a world-view profoundly alternative to the traditions of imperialist perspective.
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The tone then was set by conservative commentator and unsuccessful presidential contender Pat Buchanan, who forecast a cultural and religious war.
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Edward M.. Kennedy and an adviser to presidential contender Jesse Jackson.
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Commentator and presidential contender Pat Buchanan also supports a single income-tax rate.
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Of the three leading presidential contenders in 1987, he was the closest to a normal politician.
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The other unsuccessful presidential contenders , including Sen.
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When the two presidential contenders finally left San Diego after their second 90-minute debate last Wednesday night, very little had changed.
republican
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The Republican contender said he never understood the plight of the handicapped before he was injured.
serious
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We were looking at a very serious contender indeed.
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The best-film voting went to three ballots and no big studio film was a serious contender .
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I was now a serious contender for the gold medal.
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Teal was not, after all, a serious contender .
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The only serious contender left in the presidential race is Guei himself.
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As this process continues to develop, more serious contenders for political leadership will come to the fore.
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A serious contender for Vibes album of the year.
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Not that I think Carrick will win very much but at least they would be recognised as serious contenders .
strong
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And, of course, Sol Campbell is another strong contender .
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The Hurricanes kept Covington, and he is a strong contender for the starting job.
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Lamar Alexander and his trademark red-and-black plaid was a strong contender .
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Scranton / Wilkes-Barre hitting coach Jerry Martin is a strong contender for freak injury of the year.
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Muriel had the impression she was a strong contender for the position.
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Richard Harden, who batted particularly well until his fractured hand, is the vice-captain and must be a strong contender .
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There can hardly have been any business sector with so many strong contenders for it as the banking sector.
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The line-up included numerous strong contenders .
top
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Champions fought the top contenders and, if they lost, return fights were often arranged.
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championship
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He may even make them championship contenders .
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People were talking about them being a championship contender .
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become
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The pretenders became genuine contenders by showing how much they have grown up as a team.
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Over the last week Johnson, a native of West Salem, Wis., became the leading contender for the post.
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The blackout of stories makes its impossible for the lesser-known candidates to become hot contenders .
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Her brothers marveled as she became a family contender .
lead
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Devon and Cumbria, among the worst hit by the disease, were leading contenders to entertain the Downing Street family.
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Over the last week Johnson, a native of West Salem, Wis., became the leading contender for the post.
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Of the three leading presidential contenders in 1987, he was the closest to a normal politician.
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And he leads the other contenders in polls.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Phillips is one of the top contenders for the middleweight championship of the world.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If it were, Robbie Fulks would find himself a major contender , right alongside the faux country brilliance of Ween.
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Nearly all the leading contenders have all been eliminated over the last year or so.
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Solar power and fusion power are the two leading contenders.
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Sunset Hiker, a winner last time, would be a live contender but a difficult trap position may prove a problem.
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The Hurricanes kept Covington, and he is a strong contender for the starting job.
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The new coach pushed defense, the stuff of playoff contenders.
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