Sentence examples for has previously been won from inspiring English sources

You're nominated for the World Children's prize, which has previously been won by the likes of Nelson Mandela.

McInerney called the shortlisting for the Baileys, which has previously been won by major names from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Eimear McBride, "an amazing leg up".

The nonfiction award, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson prize, has previously been won by titles such as Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk and Frank Dikötter's Mao's Great Famine.

"In the past, when I was granted prison leave they used to give me a document, this time they gave me nothing," said Sotoudeh, who last October was awarded the European parliament's most prestigious human rights award, the Sakharov prize for freedom of thought, which has previously been won by Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela.

The £2,000 prize, which was established in 1982 in memory of JR Ackerley, longserving literary editor of the Listener magazine, is intended to reward a British "literary autobiography of excellence" and has previously been won by authors including Alan Bennett, Jenny Diski, Lorna Sage and Blake Morrison.

It's so exciting!" The Critics' Choice award, which recognises new and upcoming talent, has previously been won by Adele and Florence & The Machine.

The award is often seen as a guarantee of future success, having previously been won by the likes of Adele, Florence + the Machine, Sam Smith and James Bay, among others – though the 2016 winner, Jack Garratt, underachieved by those standards.

In 2012, Burt Bacharach and Hal David were awarded the 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which had previously been won only by Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney.

The cup had previously been won only by teams of wealthy amateurs from the Home counties, and Olympic's victory marked a turning point in the sport's transition from a pastime for upper-class gentlemen to a professional sport.

That's why this scheme has previously been described as "win-win".

This is Iñárritu's first Oscar win, though he has previously been nominated in this category for his ensemble drama Babel in 2007.