Sentence examples for were first nominated from inspiring English sources

Two of them are sitting federal judges, both African-American, who were first nominated by President Clinton.

Those currently being held hostage to obstructionist tactics have been waiting an average of 240 days from the day they were first nominated.

What's more, as Mr. Gore noted, it was Madison Square Garden where Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore were first nominated in 1992, and the place from which they embarked on the first of their bus trips that came to symbolize the first Clinton-Gore campaign.

Nanoscale materials were first nominated to the NTP for toxicity testing by the Rice University Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology in 2003.

Maggie Smith, who received a lead actress in a comedy or musical nomination for "Lady in the Van," was first nominated for a Golden Globe for most promising female newcomer for the 1963 melodrama "The V.I.P's".

Murray's nomination for "Hyde Park on Hudson" is his fourth -- the actor was first nominated for a Golden Globe for 1984's "Ghostbusters".

Mr. Srinivasan was first nominated last June and was re-nominated this month.

Dr. Goldstein said that the award had been "long overdue" but Dr. Edwards was first nominated this year.

Ms. Berzon, a San Francisco lawyer, was first nominated more than two years ago.

Lord Ashcroft was first nominated for a peerage by Mr Hague in 1999, but he was rejected by the Honours Scrutiny Committee because he was a tax exile.

When Malala Yousafzai was first nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year, girls at the school had followed the lead-up to the announcement anxiously.