Sentence examples for nomination up from inspiring English sources

But the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, did not bring the nomination up for a floor vote.

I think it's one reason why Bernie Sanders continues to be a contender and why Hillary Clinton hasn't sewn the nomination up yet.

Still, Mr. Mondale had a reasonably clear edge throughout the race in the delegate count, benefiting from this organizational advantages in caucus states, and he wrapped the nomination up before the convention.

On November 8, 2014, the President sent her name to the Senate as a replacement for Eric Holder, and she has yet to be confirmed — the Republican leadership has simply failed to put her nomination up for a vote by the full Senate.

"We are on the wrong side of history on this one," said State Senator Donald McEachin, a Democrat, who supported Mr. Thorne-Begland's candidacy and criticized the Republican leadership of the Senate for not putting his nomination up for a vote, after the House rejected him.

(And after he won the nomination, up until the Democratic convention no one thought he had a shot of beating Bush).

Its smaller rival Showtime picked up 22 nominations, up from 21 last year.

When Mr. Obama signed papers formally nominating Mr. Hagel, Mr. Kerry and Mr. Brennan after his Inaugural Address on Monday, he said, "I'm sending a few nominations up, which I know will be handled with great dispatch".

The tiny journal won two National Magazine Awards and six nominations — up against perennial glamour titles like The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine and Vanity Fair — and Mr. Genoways was hailed in national literary circles for his spunk and vision.

And for columnist of the year, in the various formats it has been contested, there have been 48 male nominations up for the prize, and just 13 for women.

However, he said, he would not vote to keep her nomination bottled up in committee.