Sentences with phrase «as a consolation prize»

It points to a desire to spread the wealth and use some of the smaller awards as consolation prizes for films that are well - loved but not quite well - loved enough to win the big one.

(As a consolation prize of sorts, NERC bestowed the more awesome moniker on one of the ship's remotely operated underwater vehicles.)

You're right that it should come as no surprise, but I supect it will be «sped up» as a consolation prize in the event of a «No» vote.

(Walgreens is however in the process of buying and converting about 1,320 Rite Aid stores as a consolation prize.)

Mr. Rodriguez called on Mr. Linares late last year not to run for Mr. Rangel's soon - to - be-vacant post, and to instead seek Mr. Espaillat's State Senate seat as a consolation prize — a suggestion Mr. Linares rejected.

Not bad as far as consolation prizes go.

Their leader Agamemnon, forced to assent to their consensus, takes as his consolation prize Achilles's concubine, thus precipitating Achilles's withdrawal from the war.

SUNY Poly's proposal was seen as a consolation prize for the city not securing the Capital Region's casino license, which went to Schenectady.

And if anything they will give the film Best Foreign Language film as a consolation prize.

Either way, there's bound to be plenty of movement between these three clubs this summer — and while United may miss out on Griezmann, his move to Real would surely help them at least land Bale as a consolation prize.

teams will see what they can get and then either bring DA in as a mentor, if he fits their expectations or as a consolation prize if they exit the draft empty handed.

Perhaps now that another season is over with Tottenham or Leicester likely to win the league / finish above us and not even the FA cup as a consolation prize, people will wake and speak up?!

That said, if all the QBs are off the board at # 5 I'd be pretty happy taking Saquon as a consolation prize.

The good news is that they got Kiko Alonso as a consolation prize by trading down from their original # 8 slot.

If we get Lacazette then we can give Spuds Sanogo as a consolation prize lol

Thanks to dumb and arbitrary rules that are only now being changed because they are dumb and arbitrary, Aubameyang is unfortunately cup tied to Dortmund who, like CSKA Moscow, were bounced from the group stage of the Champion's League and were given a berth in the Europa League knockout stages as a consolation prize.

For these MPs, unlikely to achieve ministerial office, a committee chair seems to function as a consolation prize.

The Boston Red Sox aren't in baseball's Fall Classic this year, so as a consolation prize New York City is sending them a lifelong New York Mets fan — he'll live at a federal prison in Ayer, Massachusetts, an hour drive from Boston.

Granting Paladino rights to the parcel in Erie Basin Marina was widely perceived in development and political circles as a consolation prize that kept him neutral in the mayor's race, aside from a $ 100 donation he made to Brown.

The million, and it might be more, as announced by County Executive Mike Hein in his state - of - the - county address in January, comes as consolation prize from the state after the regional casino was sited in neighboring Sullivan County and not at the nearby Nevele.

It will likely earn only Best Song as a consolation prize, which is pretty awful in a lot of ways.

Director David Gordon Green moves his cast all over the screen with a desperation that should at least encourage the director's fans to revisit Pineapple Express as a consolation prize.

In the meantime, when asked about his fellow Best Comedy Album nominees receiving puppies from host James Corden as consolation prizes, Chappelle deadpanned, «I would love to get one of those puppies.»

When they do, his sister is the one charged with dispatching them, usually with one of his dresses as a consolation prize.

She took home what some viewed as a consolation prize, though it rewarded some of her best work.

I guess as a consolation prize we get the dCi 175 which is a little «fresher».

Although we had never gone anywhere interesting but New York, my older sister had already, on the basis of deep, illicit late - night reading of Jane Austen and Mary Poppins, claimed London, and I had been given Paris, partly as a consolation prize, partly because it interested me.

I didn't quite make it, but I did stick a story on that blog as a consolation prize.

That will not be the closest spot in the Sochi area to the matches, but as a consolation prize there will be a World Cup Fan Village in Rosa Khutor!

While Alaska's press release didn't get into the details for upgrades into Premium class, it is likely that this will be offered as a consolation prize for those failing to clear into first - class.

If you are filtered out of a survey, you still get 5 IHG Rewards points as a consolation prize.

Fortunately as a consolation prize, NCSoft will be giving away access to their other MMO's, City of Heroes and Lineage 2, free for 3 months.

I like to think of the theme as a consolation prize since the physical game comes with 1 amiibo card.

I neglected to wait for Shadow, so I found Relm as a consolation prize.

However I'll take Mark of the Ninja as a consolation prize.

Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.»

As a consolation prize seems in order, and many Trump climate appointees regard the law is the queen of the sciences, the UAH team could ask the Rev. Doctor Beisner to toss Judge's Stetson in the ring, for the Heartland Institute Evangelical Climate Scientist of the Year Award.

What seems to be different about staff attorney positions now, if I'm understanding this story (11/2/07) correctly is that firms are now touting the positions not as a consolation prize for the less qualified, but rather, as a desirable slot for lawyers who want to achieve work / life balance.

Harvard College was originally meant as a consolation prize to the city of Newtowne for being stripped of being the state's capital.

But as a consolation prize of sorts, the Aussie was able to win out against the Kiwi on Friday, which saved the Aussie from the (dis) honor of being the worst - performing currency of the week.

If this latest promotion follows in the first one's footsteps, expect whatever games aren't selected to go free to be discounted on the PlayStation Store as a consolation prize.

Palma supposedly gets Sepulveda's assembly seat as her consolation prize.

Send him home with the board game of «Catch A Clue» as his consolation prize for crapping out.

I once sent an email to someone I know is a big Red Sox fan after they beat the Cardinals and said, «Hey, as a consolation prize for that beating the Sox gave us yesterday, can you approve this for me?»