Anxiety about his position and a determination not to encourage competition resulted in him failing to develop a suitable successor.

We would be presented with the problem of finding a suitable successor in a short period of time.

So the search was on to find a suitable successor.

That, however, raised the question of a suitable successor.

So the search began to find a suitable successor to Swamiji.

Huo, however, could not find a suitable successor among the princes.

The congregation, failing to secure a suitable successor after several attempts, disbanded a few years later.

In 1291, Edward I of England, was called on to choose the most suitable successor.

Now that decoy was gone and there was no suitable successor to take its place.

You need to be sure that you have a suitable successor.