With opinion-poll ratings like these, Mr Brown's Labour would seem a shoo-in at an early election.
Normally, South Korean patrol boats shoo them away, and they return to their home ports.
Allen appeared to be a shoo-in as the next top commander of allied forces in Europe.
It is certainly true that a humbled Arnold is no longer a shoo-in for re-election next year.
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Mr. Yudhoyono isn't a shoo-in for re-election, especially if Indonesia's commodity-dependent economy continues to weaken as expected.
If Mr Hague does not survive next week's defeat, Mr Portillo is by no means a shoo-in.
Ms Bock's rival for the district's seat, Elihu Harris, Oakland's former mayor, was assumed to be a shoo-in.
But those who bet she is a shoo-in are overlooking how the political debate is likely to change.
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Within minutes the mosque's loudspeakers had sounded the alarm, and hundreds had gathered to shoo the intruders away.
They catch drug transactions, shoo away loiterers and break up fights, residents say.
He probably had to shoo them away from his sticky rice and mangoes.
But Mr Lungren, an outspoken conservative who opposes both abortion and gun control, is by no means a shoo-in.
If even Amazon isn't a shoo-in for success, Internet startups that try to follow Bezos's model may be in trouble.
They looked like playoff shoo-ins heading into the homestretch but couldn't close the door once they neared the finish line.
He then proceeded to launch into a 466-word speech, talking his way over two successive attempts to shoo him off the stage.
The result is a shoo-in for "Best of 2007" lists, as well as a springboard for even bigger success down the road.
Jean-Claude Trichet, currently the governor of the Bank of France, was meant to be a shoo-in following a back-door deal in 1998.
It earned an 81 on Rotten Tomatoes and seemed like a shoo-in for a nod in the Best Animated Feature category.
Still less does it make him a shoo-in for the 2004 election.
"Nah, we just shoo them away with our paddles, " one guide said.
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They can also shoo away one of the many macaques that are not too shy to steal food directly from the landing klotoks.
Moyes and Martinez both coached teams that overachieved to some degree, but not to the point that they'd be shoo-ins for the big time.
Lutz says other homerooms haven't been assigned yet, but GM's new Daewoo joint venture seems a shoo-in as the focal point for small-car development.
It seems the right thing to do, that he might shoo the migrating flames back toward the tree stump like so many bright- winged sparrows.
Opinion polls at first made him a shoo-in for the presidency.
Shoemaker Steven Madden, with the whimsically descriptive ticker SHOO, appears to be crafting the right side of a cup-shaped pattern it began in May.
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Many stocks, like Steven Madden Limited ( SHOO) or AthenaHealth ( ATHN), shown above, got hit with a reversal after breaking out on good earnings reports.
Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira to lead them to a World Series title in 2009, the Yanks are not a shoo-in to capture the 2010 championship.
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