Administration officials said there would probably be a number of candidates.

The number of candidates is about the same as four years ago.

A small number of candidates are also admitted in Class 11th.

The largest number of candidates to sign up for the 13-year-old program was 256 in 1991.

The major problem in this situation is the number of candidates involved.

In California, a number of candidates have topped $1 million.

One likely result, they said, would be an increase in the number of candidates running for each position.

A small number of independent candidates also ran for election.

For this season, there won't be an interview week since the number of candidates went down from four straight to two.

A number of strong black candidates are said to have dropped out.