Sentence examples for but nominated from inspiring English sources

The two front-runners, Al Gore for the Democrats and George W. Bush for the Republicans, are all but nominated and anointed.

O'Brien, who has won the Group One race a dozen times already, accounted for half the 10 acceptors but nominated Wilshire Boulevard as the favourite's most likely escort.

Gone but Nominated The month of May has been remarkably satisfying, in a bittersweet kind of way, for Gerald Schoenfeld, the chairman of the Shubert Organization.

The military and civil government of the Sudan was invested in a governor-general appointed by the khedive of Egypt but nominated by the British government.

Thames garden bridge, London by Thomas Heatherwick Not actually built, but nominated for the multiple absurdities of its conception and attempted realisation.

In 1899 the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium was declared, providing for the Sudan to be administered jointly by Egypt and Great Britain, with a governor-general appointed by the khedive of Egypt but nominated by the British government.

Mr. Kerry, the all-but-nominated Democratic presidential candidate, has been criticized throughout his career for an aloof, inaccessible style on the stump, and his stemwinders are a constant worry for supporters of his White House bid.

Just three days after the Super Tuesday presidential primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton sought today to link Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, her opponent in the race for United States Senate, with the Republican Party's all-but-nominated presidential candidate, Gov. George W. Bush.

Hear the name and you could hear the voice, see the face and name the epithet that conjured up that particular presence for all time: Thelma Ritter, cynical but softhearted, nominated six times but never a winner; Claire Trevor, salt-of-the-earth gangster's moll; Hattie McDaniel, tough-love mammy.

But if nominated, she is virtually guaranteed confirmation in the Senate, and time is running out to vet others.

The television nominees are far more egalitarian by nature of transmission, but the nominated shows have viewerships in the millions.