Sentence examples for counted for best from inspiring English sources
Alekhine won the individual silver medal (nine wins, no losses, seven draws), behind Capablanca (only results from finals A and B - separately for both sections - counted for best individual scores).
The reads with unique best hits were counted for each unigene.
The Envelope, the LA Times's awards blog, takes the rune-reading into further categories and suggests that the count for best actress is down to two: Winslet's loss to Doubt's Meryl Streep in the lead actress race was not a surprise to me either.
At the first Academy Awards, presented in 1929, the charismatic German shepherd who fought off gangs of villains in movies like "Clash of the Wolves" and "Jaws of Steel" won the vote count for best actor, but the Academy blinked, recalculated and gave the honor instead to Emil Jannings.
guide earlier this summer (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/11048735/Southend-voted-UKs-best-airport.html) counted for nothing.
That counted for something.
Whatever the reason, the critically lukewarm but crowd-pleasing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" won the Tony Award for best musical, which counts for the most at the box office, while the critically acclaimed but offbeat "Urinetown: The Musical" won for direction, score and book of a musical at last night's 56th annual Tony ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.
Given some potential R&B vote-splitting between Chloe X Halle, H.E.R. and Jorja Smith, and a lack of rock competition in the category, don't count them out for best new artist as well.
He advised people that "loyalty counts for nothing... switch to the best deal you can get at the time".
I know our record in the play-offs in the past hasn't been the best, but that counts for nothing.
