candidacy - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • dual: Only in the Ukraine - prior to 2002 - has dual candidacy been banned.
  • parliamentary: We have already debated lowering the age for parliamentary candidacy from the age set in 1695 to 18.
  • Democratic: In 1976 Church sought the nomination for the Democratic candidacy for president.

Converse of object

  • support: In the end a narrow majority opted to support the candidacy of Hugo Chávez and his Fifth Republic Movement ( MVR ).
  • win: He failed to win a parliamentary candidacy but become a local Labor councilor in 1923, chairman of the council in 1931.
  • present: The Advisory Committee agreed by acclamation to present the candidacy of Korea for the 2004 General Conference.

Modifies a noun

  • age: The debate on lowering the candidacy age from 21 concluded with a definite " No " .
  • commission: Among the concerns of the candidacy commissions is the composition of the elected bodies by gender, race, age, and occupation.

Preposition: in

  • election: The Bill lowers the age for candidacy in all elections from 21 to 18.

Preposition: for

  • presidency: In August 1935, Long announced his candidacy for the presidency.
  • leadership: Ken Clarke today announced his candidacy for the Conservative party leadership.
  • election: Now he has reinvented himself in the hope of conquering his party's candidacy for the presidential elections in 2007.
  • degree: Students must accept responsibility for their own research activity and candidacy for a degree.
  • aid: Guidance on candidacy for hearing aids issued as HDL in April 2004.

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