Sentence examples for picture race from inspiring English sources

Just look at the 1976 best picture race, he said.

By now, the Best Picture race has settled out some.

That film also stands a shot at entering the best picture race following its surprise SAG nomination for best ensemble.

LH The best picture race at this year's Academy Awards (26 Feb) might just be the tightest in years.

WITH 11 days to go before Oscar ballots are due, "The Artist" seems to have the best picture race wrapped up.

Veterans of the Oscar hunt say there isn't much more that Searchlight, which won the best picture race in 2009 with "Slumdog Millionaire," can do at this point.

There is a temptation to assume that all this buzz means that "Zero Dark" has this year's best picture race completely locked up.

In 2009, the best picture race was opened up from five to a possible 10 nominees, seen as a way of bringing in bigger blockbusters.

The Big Short has emerged as the new frontrunner in the best picture race after winning the top prize at the Producers Guild of America awards.

In some years, the best original screenplay category serves as an adventurous refuge from the conservatism of the overall best picture race.

But Iñárritu's win proved that this year's best picture race is wide open in a way it hasn't been in years.