Sentence examples for was actually nominated from inspiring English sources

The accusation of impropriety in giving Ashcroft a peerage – he was actually nominated by William Hague when Blair was Prime minister – after his £8m donation to the Conservative party is a different matter.

There is no doubt that she would have received the distinction of a Fellowship of the Royal Society but for the counsel's ruling that no woman was eligible; she was actually nominated in 1902.

Suddenly Susan was actually nominated for a GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) award for its positive portrayal of homosexuals.

After joking about Kieran's seats at the awards show, Macaulay feigned shock that his brother was actually nominated for an award. .

Starring Leslie Cheung, Viva Erotica was actually nominated for Best Picture and Best Director (along with a dozen other categories) at the Hong Kong Film Awards back in '97.

It was actually nominated for an Australian humor writing award, but the Sydney Morning Herald said that while it was hilarious, it was more Eat, Love, Pray than National Lampoon because it digs into the challenges of living in the modern world with your kids.

I'm amazed that "La La Land" was nominated in this category; the film's most notable writing is actually nominated elsewhere, for Best Original Song.

Among the five directors who were actually nominated for the Oscars, Steven Spielberg (for "Lincoln") and Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") were nominated for other directorial awards far more often than the others, and Mr. Spielberg slightly more regularly than Mr. Lee.

Such hagiographic moments are normally the terrain of those who are actually nominated (Obama) or are in some ways reaching a pinnacle of their careers (as in the case of senator Ted Kennedy, who is expected to deliver a tear-jerker of a performance this evening and cement the Camelot-Obama connection).

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The reticence to address the swirling controversy shows the limits of what the White House feels it can do to defend Rice unless she is actually nominated.