1.   He certainly seems a ripe candidate for the McLean treatment.

2.   In a real-world household like mine, with three dogs, two cats and three birds, five helpless Gillmen might seem like candidates ripe for neglect.

3.   Investors seeking hot stocks are buying into French drug companies, betting they are ripe candidates for consolidation this year.

4.   L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former head of Tyco, also seems a ripe candidate for exposure by the downstairs help after his indictment for sales tax evasion.

5.   More so than most of our natural treasures, the Everglades was a ripe candidate for human manipulation.

6.   Nonetheless, venture firms still have hundreds of ripe candidates in the pipeline, ready for cash infusions at all stages of development.