Sentence examples for won the interest from inspiring English sources

The $4 million film was made and financed independently, but Mr. Braff did not get the project going until he won the interest of the influential agent Kevin Huvane, whose Creative Artists Agency took on Mr. Braff after he landed "Scrubs".

Unable to win the interest of Susan Thompson, he chased her father instead; eventually, she became Susie Buffett.

But for work from other regions, in other genres, winning the interest of big publishing houses and readers in the United States remains a steep uphill struggle.

The key was winning a place in the Premier Executive office furniture catalog, which led to winning the interest of the Needham furniture distributors, and display space in several hundred stores.

Caroline Johnson's sketch of her mum in hospital won the Human interest award.

Texas Monthly won the public interest award for its August article "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives" by Mimi Swartz about the impact on women since cuts in 2011 to family planning funds.

HIGHER TAXES In the United States, private equity again won the carried-interest battle, and private equity managers' profits will remain taxed at the lower capital gains rate rather than income.

It is a strange debate to be having so soon after the 2014 women's World Cup, when England won the tournament and interest reached unprecedented heights.

The founders were inspired by prize-linked savings accounts in other countries, which give people the chance to win the pooled interest earned by many accounts.

This means that no matter who wins the election, interest rate hikes will likely be announced almost before the last ballots are counted.

The clashes come off as an event that entered the echo chamber of the punditocracy, that piqued the interest and won the acclaim of journalists and commentators, who themselves defined its import and impact by the very fact of their noticing.