Sentence examples for sent a nomination from inspiring English sources

Frankly, as I said before, I wish our incoming president had sent a nomination for attorney general who would unite us rather than divide us.

"I wish our incoming president had sent a nomination for attorney general who would unite us rather than divide us," Mr. Leahy said.

Every November more than 6,000 voting members from the 17 branches of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences are sent a nominations ballot for the Oscars.

Now a president must consider the political orientation of the Senate before sending a nomination forward.

Anyone can send a nomination to the foundation's new Web site.

When a president sends a nomination to the Senate, he is, in effect, sending it to each and every senator and asking each for his individual advice and consent.

The governor refused to nominate anyone else for the position, saying that Brashear was the best person for it, and he assumed the senators would not want to be sent a worse nomination.

Nevertheless, Harrison sent a number of nominations for office to the Senate for confirmation during his month in office.

My colleague Michael Cieply, who has been watching the Academy for decades, explained the change this way on the Carpetbagger blog on Thursday (carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com): "The morning's Oscar nominations sent a powerful message about the Academy membership: the strict admissions policies enforced over the last five years have now pushed it past a tipping point.

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".

Send a nomination to the World Food Prize Secretariat from any academic or research institution, private or public organization, corporate entity, or governmental unit.