Sentence examples for effectively awarded from inspiring English sources

Some investors have also grown unhappy with the portion of company stock that executives have effectively awarded to themselves.

The 5 4 decision effectively awarded Florida's 25 votes in the electoral college and thus the election itself to Republican candidate George W. Bush.

The vote came a year to the day after the Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida and effectively awarded the presidency to George W. Bush.

But it does not address the central question, whether the contract was effectively awarded before that milestone, or whether Hudson Design began its work before then.

The United States has declined every opportunity to let the South go its own way; in return, the South has effectively awarded itself a big say in the nation's affairs.

This week, Australia was effectively awarded the gold medal for cruelty at the UN Human Rights Council's periodic review of our national human rights compliance, with the council's member states almost unanimous in their criticism of our asylum seeker policies.

Bush v. Gore 2000 Halted a manual recount of presidential ballots in Florida, effectively awarding an electoral-college victory and the presidency to Republican candidate George W. Bush.

Concluding (7 2) that a quick statewide recount could not be performed fairly unless elaborate ground rules were established, the court issued a controversial 5 4 decision to reverse the Florida Supreme Court's recount order, effectively awarding the presidency to Bush.

Concluding (7 2) that a quick statewide recount could not be performed fairly unless elaborate ground rules were established, the court issued a controversial 5-to-4 decision to reverse the Florida Supreme Court's recount order, effectively awarding the presidency to Bush (see Bush v. Gore).

By barring any further hand count of disputed ballots in Florida and effectively awarding the election to Gov. George W. Bush, the majority of five conservative justices overlooked the bedrock democratic principle that every vote should be counted before the winner of an election is determined.

The effect of this was that £15 million – then more than half the annual subsidy for the ferry network – was spent on a complex tendering process that resulted in the Scottish Government effectively awarding a contract to themselves, all in the name of competition.