Sentences with phrase «previously bestowed»

In setting aside the Court of Appeal's decision, and thus allowing NNPC to advance its defence free of the conditions previously bestowed upon it, Shah commented in a statement that the Supreme Court had provided was a significant mandate and victory for his client.

Fellowships previously bestowed for groundbreaking work in games include Gabe Newell, Peter Molyneux, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright.

The «fall 2010» release window previously bestowed upon Splash Damage's Brink may have been just turned into an actual release date; according to a sweepstakes that GameStop is holding (thanks, Jay), the stylized shooter will see release on September 7, 2010.

The 260 borrows hardware and engineering know - how previously bestowed on the bigger Evora GT 430, Exige Cup 380 and Elise Race 250.

Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris will be putting together this year's IDFA Top 10, an honour previously bestowed upon acclaimed directors such as Victor Kassakovsky, Werner Herzog and Steve James.

In 2015, he won the Brandlaureate Award, previously bestowed on notables such as Nelson Mandela, Hillary Clinton and Steve Jobs.

Along the way, she caught the eye of an eminent maharaja, who lavishly entertained her and permitted her to interact with his harem — an honor not previously bestowed upon any westerner.

It was written in Latin, but argued that vernacular poetry, which had only begun in Italy 150 years before with the poems of St. Francis, was worthy of all the consideration previously bestowed on Latin alone.

Not exact matches

Unlike many directors we've listed previously who use the profile that an indie hit bestows to break into the bigger - budget bracket or even into Hollywood, Baker seems like a bona fide independent filmmaker, with a plucky, old - school lemons / lemonade attitude to moviemaking.

A highlight of the night was the bestowing of the AACTA Longford Lyell Award upon beloved icon Paul Hogan, an honour that has previously acknowledged the global standing of such talents as Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush.

Cumberbatch himself has previously said that he's still learning how to be a convincing superhero — apparently, putting on a red cape does not instantly bestow this knowledge upon you.

In doing so, the jury bestowed Haneke with the rare distinction of receiving the prize for his second film in succession, after Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) ruled over Cannes in 2009 — a feat only previously achieved by Bille August (bizarrely enough).

Previously lawmakers touted how they preferred to bestow «flexibility» on locals.

Shrink also bestows «shrink sense,» showing Alice obstacles and pathways previously unseen, since being smaller makes all the large things so much more noticeable.

Akin to miracle birth of Jesus Christ, one would think that, after the announcement of the Xbox Play Anywhere initiative, millions of console gamers were suddenly bestowed with gaming PC's from the heavens, overcoming the high costs and supposed headaches associated with the platform previously only available to what have been known as the master race.