16 sentences with 'award'

Example sentences and phrases with the word award and other words derived from it.

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• « The writer won an important literary award. »

• « The award represents years of effort and dedication. »

• « He received the award for his outstanding social work. »

• « He had the honor and the privilege of receiving the award. »

• « The actor received a prestigious award for his performance. »

• « She received an award for her triumph in the literary contest. »

• « The writer received an award for his outstanding contribution to contemporary literature. »

• « In 1985, she received an award of $1100 for her community service, and then an equal amount from a television station. »

• « Let's just say that the last award was given by the D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which meant, apart from the honours, almost 40,000 dollars a year for four years. »

• « "When I married Stephen," she says, "I knew there was no chance of me having a career. Yet I felt like a simple domestic worker while Stephen received one award after another". »

• « The paper urged the mayor to give the award to someone else who deserved a gold medal: a girl who three months earlier had performed a heroic act, but not in a ring, but in a ring of fire. »

• « The following Thursday, Cambridge University awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Prince Philip, the University's Chancellor, presented him with this very rare award at a special ceremony. »

• « The city council had just approved an award for a Filipino boxer who a few days earlier had won a silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics. As the athlete had apparently refused to accept the money, the newspaper proposed a solution. »

• « "Lars Braw carries out an enduring humanitarian mission that has attracted international attention," said Nils Gunnar Toremalm, professor emeritus, in proposing the award. "He has filled donors with enthusiasm and has moved many doctors to serve where good health care is scarcer. »

• « Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. Israel invaded southern Lebanon in June 1982, and there were many who called for Begin's award to be rescinded. All in vain, however, as the selection committee deliberates behind closed doors and has always refused to alter its decisions. »

• « In 1983, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an organisation called International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was jointly founded by two physicians, one Soviet and one American. Those who protested against this award accused the Russian doctor of having supported Soviet policy in Afghanistan and of having contributed to isolating the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov from the scientific community in his country. »

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