Sentences with phrase «not as a consolation prize»

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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?!

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.

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.

«The British constitution is not some bauble to be handed out as a consolation prize.

Don't think of it as a consolation prize to reservations at a fancy restaurant — think of it as the best table where you will never get kicked out.

Expect her to win for it unless Sniper nabs this as its solitary consolation prize — a result I'd bet against and would not like to see.

Don't worry, however, as you will still be eligible for some consolation prizes if you miss out on the Gamerscore.

Why: If you think of the writing categories as the ones where Academy voters give consolation prizes to films they like but don't want for Best Picture, then expect to see Jordan Peele on stage early in the evening, picking up the hardware for his feature debut as writer / director.

Why: As I was saying about consolation prizes above, voters may decide to give golden coming - of - ager Call Me by Your Name the win here that it won't get for Best Picture.

And I think he was nominated for the wrong reason, as a consolation prize for stepping in for Kevin Spacey, which is not the right reason to vote for anybody.»

Not bad as far as consolation prizes go.

In a strange way, as there was such consensus around Toni Erdmann (pictured above), it's possibly better that it did not get some minor consolation prize like a shared director's award.

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.

Some drivers professed to becoming accustomed to it after several months, but, as associate editor Eric Tingwall noted, «The excellent automatic transmission that many of us have sampled in other Mazda 3s is a fine consolation prize for those who can't deal with this clutch.»

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

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

Don't let «saving for retirement» be the reason not to do something he wants to do now, and don't offer «we can do that when we retire» as a consolation prize.

But personally, I remain comfortable with the logic of my decision to choose VOF (over VEIL & VNH) as a slightly more defensive / appropriate fund for a frontier market — the index outcome & relative performances could obviously have been very different under an alternative scenario — in the end, I didn't pick / achieve the actual best - performing fund, but I did match the index (and +118 % is an excellent 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!

As a consolation prize, AAdvantage is introducing MileSAAver awards as low as 7500 miles each way, though I'm not exactly hurrying to fly American Airlines again (see American Airlines: «Preferred» Seat Doesn't Work But No Refund of FeeAs a consolation prize, AAdvantage is introducing MileSAAver awards as low as 7500 miles each way, though I'm not exactly hurrying to fly American Airlines again (see American Airlines: «Preferred» Seat Doesn't Work But No Refund of Feeas low as 7500 miles each way, though I'm not exactly hurrying to fly American Airlines again (see American Airlines: «Preferred» Seat Doesn't Work But No Refund of Feeas 7500 miles each way, though I'm not exactly hurrying to fly American Airlines again (see American Airlines: «Preferred» Seat Doesn't Work But No Refund of Fee).

Don't worry, however, as you will still be eligible for some consolation prizes if you miss out on the Gamerscore.

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

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.

Would there not be some other visual arts type of workshop — even on a weekend — you could find for Sprog 1, as a consolation prize?