On the day of her test, she said, three other candidates also were waiting to be tested.

The real decisions on nominations will be made while candidates are still waiting for the first check.

The candidates strode onstage precisely at 8:58 and waited for their cues.

At least a dozen other candidates for the race will be working or waiting for the big decision on whether they test the distance.

No one knows how many write-in candidates wait in the wings.

He added that potential candidates could even wait until the autumn before declaring.

The publisher's candidate had been waiting in the wings for about a month.

Qualified candidates can directly see their scores online and wait for common interviews to take place.

If that further attempt is unsuccessful, then the candidate must wait another six months, and so on.

But candidates who fail three times must wait three years before taking it again.