Sentences with phrase «year prize»

In its early years the prize was frequently criticized for its competitive selection process — up to six nominees were announced to a short list before one was chosen as the winner.

Being nominated in 1984, the first year the prize was awarded, probably had a far bigger effect than winning the prize in 1987.

The end - of - year prize for 2005 was a four - day, three - night stay in Napa Valley, Calif..

There, he won a scholarship and the following year a prize in a Royal Dublin Society competition which led him to travel to London to study fine art painting, drawing and sculpture at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks.

Obiang enlisted the support of the African Union and so last year the prize was back on the agenda of the UNESCO Executive Board.

This is the second year the prize has gone to a team from SRJC.

Amid all the rule changes, Lubaina Himid is surely the favourite to win British art's most important prize this year

«This is the 5th year this prize has been going on» says Illari «and from now onwards, our winning prints will be part of the V&A permanent collection».

Last year the prize was hosted by Lauren Laverne who appeared to know very little about art or the prize.

The first year the prize was offered, the contest was open to the public and sponsored by Berkshire Hathaway and Quicken Loans.

In fact, we were so impressed with the company's NSX hybrid supercar that we give it our 2016 Car of the Year prize over the Audi A4.

As he has since 2014, Warren Buffett offered $ 1 million every year for life to the person who could correctly predict the outcomes of all games through the Sweet 16 (this year the prize rose to $ 2 million if a Nebraska team took home the trophy).

Annually, the 12 recipients of the monthly awards are nominated to receive the official Employee of the Year prize, which is announced at the annual company meeting.

Stölzle won the Glass Pack of the Year prize at last year's UK Packaging Awards with a product called Axberg Vodka.

De Bruyne was the odds on favourite to claim the PFA Player of the Year prize after a number of highly influential and outstanding performances for Premier League champions elect, Man City.

It didn't take long for the skillful attacker to settle in England and he's since won two Premier League titles and been awarded the PFA Player of the Year prize.

He picked up Charlton's Young Player of the Year award for his performances last year, and was also nominated for the Championship's Apprentice of the Year prize.

German media such as Bild confirmed that the Gabon international «is on his way to Nigeria because Aubameyang is among the three finalists for the African Footballer of the Year prize.»

De Bruyne was the favourite to claim the PFA Player of the Year prize at the start of the season and has created has contributed to 15 league assists.

With Eden Hazard claiming the PFA Player of the Year prize for 2014/15, here's a look back at some real greats of the Premier League era who were unlucky never to win this prestigious award themselves, including some real surprises...

Barely used in his first campaign in east London, the New Zealand captain nailed down his place in Sam Allardyce's team the following season as West Ham won promotion from the Championship via the play - offs and picked up the supporters» player of the year prize at the end of 2012/13 after helping the club finish 10th on their return to the top flight.

Nobody was complaining when the Uruguayan scooped the PFA Player of the Year prize in April, because the much - maligned Reds hitman has just been that good.

One of the brightest young coaches in the sport, Jessie Ansell was nominated for the Heather Crouch Young Coach of the Year prize at the 2016 UK Coaching Awards.

The 26 - year - old's form for Chelsea also saw him pick up the PFA Player of the Year prize at the end of last season, though following that up with a Ballon d'Or may prove one step too far.

Ramona Bachmann is also in contention for that award and Erin Cuthbert is on the shortlist for the Young Player of the Year prize.

Harry Kane spoke of his delight after receiving the Premier League Player of the Year prize at the London Football Awards on Thursday night (1 March).

Harry Kane has surprisingly missed out thus far on the Player of the Year prize despite winning the Premier League Golden Boot for the past two seasons, and he is already well on his way to a third.

Cristiano Ronaldo set English football alight last season, winning both Player of the Year prizes and scoring 17 goals in 34 Premier League appearances.

Ohuruogu was also at the same awards to pick up her female athlete of the year prize and she told AW she used to play Goal Defence in her youth — reaching the lofty heights of the England under - 17 team.

The Player of the Year prize, won last season by Eden Hazard, is now in its 50th year, so register your vote now and choose which member of the current squad joins the illustrious list of past winners.

The former Atletico Madrid star who signed for the Red Devils when Ferguson was in charge of the club was nominated for Player of the Year prize this season.

I had the honour of presenting a cheque for # 10,000 to the winning author of the Political Book of the Year prize.

This year prizes went to cats that flow, clueless twins, and emotionally manipulative crocodiles

Colin Tudge's latest book, Last Animals at the Zoo (Hutchinson - Radius) was short - listed for the 1992 Rhone - Poulenc Science Book of the Year prize, and is now available as an Oxford paperback.

«After three years the prize is now fully established and we are excited to continue rewarding young scientists in the coming years.»

Yesterday, Arcade Fire won Grammy's Album of the Year prize, surprising almost everyone.

Robert Peston, the BBC business editor, has been named best TV performer in a non-acting role, while Evan Davis will take home the radio presenter of the year prize for his work on Today and The Bottom Line on Radio 4.

The James Bond adventure Skyfall triumphed at the Evening Standard film awards on Monday night, taking both the film of the year and blockbuster of the year prizes ahead of this weekend's Baftas.

This year the prize is a 2017 Chevy Cruze LS with a MSRP of $ 19,995.

This year the prize is the award - winning Chevy Colorado pickup truck.

Okay, Range Rover has been filling its display cases with numerous awards for the Evoque, including the 2012 North American Truck of the Year prize.

Since its introduction in the all - new Mazda Axela (known overseas as the Mazda3) in June 2009, i - stop has been highly acclaimed as an eco-friendly technology, winning the 2010 RJC Technology of the Year prize from the Automotive Researchers» & Journalists» Conference of Japan and the 2009 Eco-Products Award from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).

In addition to the Car of the Year Japan and Import Car of the Year prizes, awards are granted in the Innovation, Emotional, and Small Mobility categories.

Whitney and Basil have their work cut out for them if they wish to end the reign of female authors winning the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year prize.

Tony Parsons, a former music journalist and television personality, is the author of Man and Boy, winner of the Book of the Year prize.

She won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum.

This year the prizes have got bigger and better with the first prize giving you over $ 2000 of book promotion, so we hope to see some strong competition!

Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller, said: «The AudioBook of the Year prize will enable us to showcase the brilliant work done by narrators and publishers of audiobooks at a pivotal movement for the format.»