Sentence examples for were nominated before from inspiring English sources

Fifteen of these people were nominated before Obama became president—and most were derailed when Democrats were in the minority.

Moderators from among the participants were nominated before the course' end and their roles clarified, to facilitate the sustainability and autonomy of the network.

(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.

Leicester's Algeria forward Mahrez is the only player not to have been nominated before, Liverpool and Senegal striker Mane made his debut on the shortlist last year, and Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Toure has featured for eight consecutive years and is a two-time winner.

"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.