Sentence examples for before the nomination from inspiring English sources

"If somebody's going to crumble, they'd better crumble before the nomination," he said.

Even before the nomination of James Murdoch as chief executive, institutional investors were upset with the corporate governance at BSkyB.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, a Democrat who was consulted by the White House before the nomination, offered warm praise.

To be nominated for the award, musicians cannot be "well-known" or have had a UK top 20 single or album before the nomination period began.

"If somebody's going to crumble, they better crumble before the nomination," said Newt Gingrich, accusing Mr. Romney of "looting" companies at his investment firm, Bain Capital.

Nonetheless, sales of Speech Therapy — which had sold only 3,000 copies before the nomination — have soared from that low base since her Mercury win.

My experience is somewhat limited, because I was a Tony nominator for less than two seasons, having resigned earlier this month, before the nominations were completed.

"Before the nominations, there is not much you can do.

A few months before the nominations were announced, Ms. Sothern told an interviewer that her chances were dismal.

A spokesman for the producers of "I'll Eat You Last" noted on Thursday that some Tony voters had received free tickets to the play before the nominations.

Oh, and their record has just been nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, having already been odds-on favourite to win it before the nominations were even announced.