Sentence examples for was nominated before from inspiring English sources

"That first batch was nominated before the Democrats took power," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York and chairman of a subcommittee on the courts.

A successor was nominated before the Blanton trial began, and Mr. Jones plans to return to private practice, though he has not said when or where.

Under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, the United States Department of Justice determined that it did not matter when Congress passed legislation increasing the salary for an office, so long as the former member of Congress was nominated before the salary increase went into effect.

(The other nominees are Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka, for "Lion"; Nicholas Britell, for "Moonlight"; and Thomas Newman, for "Passengers". Newman is on his fourteenth nomination, but none of the other composers have ever been nominated before; the last time the short list included so many first-timers was 1967).

I've been nominated before, and Mott gave me credit when he won his, but I'll never get one".

(Bullock has never been nominated before. How many Oscars do Eastwood, Freeman, and Damon have between them?) "Invictus" was better; but it wasn't blind-sided, either.

Shrigley should have been nominated before, and two of us on the 2004 Turner prize jury wanted him on the list, but were laughed down.

"They've been nominated before, but I'm extremely proud to induct them tonight into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame".

We had never been nominated before, and it's basically critics and writers and journalists in the industry all vote on their favorite record, so a lot of times, the bands that are on there are really obscure.

Mike Nelson has also been nominated before - he was on the shortlist in 2001.

To the 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, of course, who has been nominated before and will doubtless be nominated again.