1.   Even the least likely candidate for a career in dance knew that Truitte was available after class for talk about the field.

2.   Lee was considered a likely candidate to join the cabinet.

3.   She identified the most likely candidate as Leach, who, she said, had agreed to accept her nomination.

4.   The police kept up their enquiries and one or two likely candidates rose to the surface, but nothing was clearly actionable.

5.   At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister.

6.   They regard him as a likely candidate for the job.

7.   Since we have little idea which stars are likely candidates,we will have to examine a very large number of them.

8.   She saw three public houses and a shop selling papers, but nothing that looked a likely candidate.

9.   For several reasons the first and last of these are the most likely candidates and each has its proponents.

10.   Theoretically, bats could do the same thing, but dolphins seem more likely candidates because they are in general more social.