Sentences with phrase «as consolation prizes go»

As consolation prizes go, Louis Butler can't complain.

Not bad as far as consolation prizes go.

Not exact matches

Although this isn't the official MVP award (that one went to Stephen Curry), it might serve as a bit of a consolation prize for Harden, who obviously did have a great season.

Others (OK, Lazio supporters) suggested what's really going on here is a recognition by Cox and Levy supporters that county executive won't make it to the 50 percent - plus - one threshold and will need to be tapped to run for some other office as a sort of consolation prize.

As a consolation prize, go ahead and watch Kirby do what he does best.

Kidman is the obvious bet for consolation prize: it feels like she's moving into the Grande Dame phase of her career in which every major role she takes has one eye on the little gold fella, and if a lot of the time she's going to aim and miss (the specter of «Grace of Monaco» hovers on the horizon, not eligible here yet, but still its stinking word of mouth and distribution troubles are already part of the narrative), in general the Academy loves a trier, so a nod for something as unexceptional - but - prestigey as «The Railway Man» would not be out of the question.

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.

So since they can't ever get the prestige, they might as well go for that flithy consolation prize also known as money.

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.