Sentence examples for a direct award from inspiring English sources

We also assume the East Midland franchise is extended through a direct award until March 2018.

As a result, South West Trains has been unable to reach an agreement on a direct award".

There are hints that the result will be a stitch-up, a direct award that avoids the usual competition, with the price artificially driven up.

The contract to run the Great Western franchise until April 2019 is actually a direct award from government, rather than a victory in a competition against rival bidders.

Stagecoach said despite its failure to secure a direct award, it was in a strong position to bid for the contract against other operators.

With the current contract due to expire in February 2017, Stagecoach had been in talks with the government over a direct award to operate the service at least until April 2019.

"Ugly Betty" also won a directing award.

One of the "Modern Family" executive producers, Steve Levitan, also won a directing award for the show.

That movie won Mr. Mendelsohn a directing award at the Sundance Film Festival, and "3 Backyards" won the same award in 2010.

But it was HBO's "Behind The Candelabra," about the last decade of Liberace's life, that fared best, picking up a directing award for Steven Soderbergh, a lead actor award for Michael Douglas, and the overall best miniseries Emmy.

Whether or not you wince, this meticulously acted movie, which won Ms. Soloway a directing award at the Sundance Film Festival, paints an accurate picture of how a segment of youngish, educated, affluent, white Americans converse.