Sentence examples for nominee decided from inspiring English sources

First, John Kerry, the putative Democratic presidential nominee, decided Sunday not to attend the annual meeting of the nation's mayors here, refusing to cross a picket line of police union members feuding with Boston's mayor.

Surely the party's nominee, decided well in advance of the convention, would seat the delegations — and Florida and Michigan, by voting early, would have had a larger say in ratifying the consensus that emerged around that nominee.

But it was still an important moment this week when Mr. McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, decided to raise the profile of climate change in the 2008 campaign.

Those fears grew on Monday when Boston police officers picketed a meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, and Mr. Kerry, the expected Democratic presidential nominee, decided to honor the picket line, angering some mayors who had crossed the picket line and were eager to hear him speak.

We are still faced with the possibility of a nominee decided in the back room -- certainly not a situation which brings to mind an open and fair government.

It wasn't until a close friend of Rodgers' encouraged him to document and share his story that the four-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee decided it was time to reconcile with family and friends.

But even these soft ratings may go down as an achievement, given the forces and flubs that threatened to sink the show after a season so trying that even Scott Rudin — a producer who had both "The Social Network and True Gritit" among the best picture nominees — decided to stay home in New York rather than attend.

(If any candidate fails to reach this threshold, the nominee is decided at a special convention).

Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has decided not to write her memoir after signing a book deal with Viking last month.

The judges considered making his memoir, "A Journey," the first-ever nonfiction nominee but decided the offending sex scene -- "I was an animal following my instinct" -- was too brief.

After spending a bumpy month trying to deflect criticism of everything from the conservative votes he cast in Congress to his business affairs to his spotty voting record in Dallas, Dick Cheney, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, has decided that the best defense is a strong offense.