Sentence examples for given a competition from inspiring English sources

Natalie Portman's Jackie Kennedy biopic has also been given a competition berth: directed by Chile's Pablo Larraín, it follows Kennedy in the immediate aftermath of her husband's assassination.

Rather than a battle between cynicism and innocence, or a satire on one of society's most reviled trades, we're given a competition between Helms and John C Reilly to see whose blubbering and crudity, respectively, can most make us squirm.

Cannes has long had a fondness for North American actor-directors, previously championing the films of Clint Eastwood and Sean Penn; this year giving a competition spot to Tommy Lee Jones's The Homesman (he also stars in the film as a cowboy escorting Hilary Swank and three women with learning difficulties across the midwest).

The track is 1710 m, giving a competition length of 1365 m for bobsleigh and men's singles luge, and 1185 m for other luge competitions.

Similar to the shear, the conductivity development under elongation is given by a competition of flow-induced destruction and build-up of particle structures and it is considerably influenced by the strain rate applied.

During the early and mid 2000s, the company gave a tough competition to IBM, Sun, SAP, Microsoft, and other enterprise application integration players.

As part of their contract, Constantine and Woodall gave a Nescafé competition winner a £10,000 makeover.

Giving a little competition to the wealthy actors and entertainers dotting the Southern California housing scene are a cadre of professional athletes.

Celtic have previously been given a reprieve in continental competition in similar circumstances.

Cameroon were given a reprieve in the competition when Equatorial Guinea were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.

The movie could have easily been given a slot in the Sundance competition that year.