Sentences with phrase «gained nominations for»

We are ranked in all the major legal directories and have won awards and gained nominations for the quality of our legal services and ability to innovate.

She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2007 after co-starring with Keira Knightley in the film Atonement, which gained her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the youngest actress ever to have this kind of recognition.

Gaining the nomination for U.S. Senate does not appear to pose a problem either.

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The contacts and experience she gained while moonlighting ensured that within minutes of Jim Prentice's resignation in 2010, Rempel received a call encouraging her to run for the Conservative nomination for his seat.

Theoretically, for example, if ten candidates were seeking nomination it is possible that the winner of that contest could possibly only have 11 % control over the voting to gain a majority.

Against that backdrop, Ms. Niou gained attention by dropping out of contention for the Democratic nomination to protest the process, though some local Democrats accused her of withdrawing only after it became clear she could not win.

Pataki launched a bid for the Republican nomination for president but dropped out of the race in December 2015 after failing to gain traction in the polls.

[113] Romney's position as the leader of the moderate Republicans at the constitutional convention helped gain him the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan.

Quinn, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor last year, has emerged as the point person for the Women's Equality Party, a ballot line Gov. Andrew Cuomo created this year as a way of promoting the women's agenda as well as to gain more women voters.

[16][17] He then stood for selection in Brent East after Labour lost the 2003 by - election but was left off the shortlist despite having gained the most nominations in the selection process.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is gaining ground on Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a Marist College poll released Tuesday.

[107] He also campaigned for Gingrich in New York; Paladino's impact was noted in Niagara, Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties, counties that Paladino had carried in 2010; Gingrich, despite no longer being a serious contender for the nomination, polled strongly enough to prevent Romney (who was already the presumptive nominee at the time) from gaining a majority in those counties.

This fall any one who wants to gain the Republican Party nomination for the November general election must get signatures on a petition.

ALBANY — Fresh off an announcement that jolted the New York political world, Steve Levy, the Long Island Democrat who abandoned his party to run for governor as a Republican, is working to secure endorsements as he tries to gain an edge in the contest for the nomination.

The senator has said he will take his fight for the nomination to the Republican convention floor and gain the votes of state committee members who will split with their party chairs.

Nominee Janet Yellen moved one step closer to becoming the first woman to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve Thursday when she gained the support of Senate Republicans on the Banking Committee, who voted to send her nomination to the full Senate for a vote.

Also in 1999, he could be seen playing a loan shark who gives Anjelica Huston a hard time in Huston's Agnes Browne.Winstone gained wide international notice for his starring role in 2000's Sexy Beast, holding his own opposite Ben Kingsley, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance.

Greig has starred in episodes of the ground - breaking series PEOPLE LIKE US, DR.. WHO, WHEN I»M 64 for the BBC, but she gained recognition and a British Comedy nomination for her television role as Fran Katzenjammer in Channel 4's BLACK BOOKS with Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey.

gaining a Best Picture nomination, I'm really surprised that Joe Wright hasn't been recognised here, as it was his directorial verve which was responsible for that film's best moments.

As awards season kicks into high gear this month, certain films that aren't «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» should see box - office gains from conversations about and nominations for the best pictures and acting performances of 2015.

Mann was honored to see her work used as the central piece of a film like this, and besides the critics» praise, her work gained recognition in the form of an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song («Save Me»), one of three Academy nominations the film received (Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Cruise).

Cooper gained worldwide recognition for his role in the Hangover trilogy, which grossed more than $ 1.4 billion globally, and received Academy Award ® nominations for his performances in Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), and American Sniper (2014).

She first gained the attention of critics and audiences when she played the love interest of Daniel Craig's character in Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake, earning an Empire Award ® nomination for Best Newcomer.

Ellison's name has become synonymous with creative innovation, having released five seminal studio albums, a slew of audio - visual marvels and, in the process, gaining two Grammy nominations including one for his work on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly.

Up - and - down shape - shifter Christian Bale gained 40 pounds to play Dick Cheney in Adam McKay's «Backseat»; Ryan Gosling also takes on an iconic figure, moon - walking astronaut Neil Armstrong, in Damien Chazelle's «First Man»; bearded Willem Dafoe follows up last year's nomination for «The Florida Project» as Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel's «At Eternity's Gate»; and Rami Malek channels performer Freddy Mercury in «Bohemian Rhapsody.»

Characters and places are anonymous, but The Patience Stone was Afghanistan's Oscar contender last year for Best Foreign Language Film (it failed to gain a nomination).

But the fact that she was the surprise 6th - place finisher on Oscar nomination morning (part of a complete shutout for AMVY) mutes whatever gains Chastain made with this movie.

But another person's snub is another person's gain as Darren Aronofsky earns his first ever Oscar nomination for Black Swan in the Best Director category.

The person that stands the most to gain from all of this, of course, is Hammer, who is pretty much a lock for a Best Supporting Actor nomination after just barely missing out last year for his incredible work in «The Social Network.»

First released as a launch title for the OUYA console (and promptly gaining the title of «OUYA's killer app»), TowerFall earned a place in the PAX10 at PAX Prime 2013, as well as an IGF 2014 nomination for Best Design.

Her Philanthropy work began in 1993 with the founding of Artpace, a residency program for artists in San Antonio that gained national recognition and nurtured artists that went on to be awarded MacArthur Fellows and Turner Prize nominations.

His work has gained much recognition over the past 10 years, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his project about the foreclosure crisis in Florida, «It's Not a House, It's a Home.»

Widely reported in the press and reprinted throughout the North in pamphlet form, the speech galvanized support for Lincoln and contributed to his gaining the Party's nomination for the Presidency.

However, two weeks later he announced his nomination of Jane Chu to lead the N.E.A. (National Endowment for the Arts), and wisely wrote a hand - written apology to Ann Collins Johns, a professor of art history at the University of Texas at Austin, who had written a letter to the White House reminding him that art history is an indispensible field of study through which we gain our comprehension of our world culture through the visual arts.

The other cryptocurrency to have gained mass exposure was Basic Attention Token (BAT), for Wednesday saw Brave Software, the platform which BAT is integrated with (at this stage of its roadmap), earn a Webby nomination for its Android app.