In none of his speeches did he say he might be a candidate for president in eighteen sixty.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

It is--at least, it puts itself out there as a candidate to be an alternative term that one might use if one got tired of saying "irony" or "paradox."

如果“讽刺“，“悖论“一类的词,用的太多,可以用“朦胧“来替换“

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Many people were pleased when he announced his plans to be a candidate.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

He said: "A man who has once been the candidate of his party -- and defeated -- owes it to his party not to be a candidate again."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

And he planned to be a candidate in the next election.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

India's election commission ruled the remarks were criminally offensive and said he should not be a candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

The delegates agreed that a man must win two-thirds of the convention's votes to be the party's candidate.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

A month later, he was saying he was not a candidate for president -- and never would be.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

And Tyler - a Whig - hoped that Calhoun might be able to get him nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

He thought differently." Louis Leakey thought Jane Goodall would be a perfect candidate for the job.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Weed finally decided that Scott might be a better candidate than Harrison or Clay.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Always chosen as a candidate when sure to be defeated.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Even a small percent of the vote could be enough to earn a candidate a ministerial post in the next government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Dr.Penny Asbell,a doctor who performs the procedure, says people should be aware that not everyone is a good candidate for the surgery.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

If no candidate has more than then there will be a second round of the election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

With the three parties running so close, each candidate will be hoping to distinguish himself as a clear leader, in the hope of pulling ahead and avoiding a hung parliament - where no one party wins a majority of seats.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

The ethnic Uzbek leader, who was a candidate in the country's 2004 election, is widely reported to be at least partly responsible for the alleged massacre of some 2,000 Taliban prisoners after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and a cover-up of the deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17