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Mr Madoff was himself a big name, having been a chairman of the Nasdaq exchange, and his investors regarded him as a Wall Street insider.

Source Code was an opportunity to show what I could do with a big-name star on a bigger budget.

No longer at the top of the league, the Lakers needed the buzz of a big-name hire, and there was none bigger than Jackson.

AMANPOUR: But is it because he's such a big name that he's not, you know, more seriously punished and cracked down, do you think?

It has also been reported that Villarreal, having sold Diego Forlan to Atletico Madrid, could be in the market for a big name striker.

The Celtics fans will take him in instantly because he's a big name to add to an anemic bench mix.

And bringing on a big name company like IBM as a partner is certainly a coup for the company.

his equivalent at an American Ivy League college can expect twice as much, and a lot more if he is a big name.

I prefer to spend a little more on a quality videocam from a big name vendor with a reputation to maintain.

The latest fashion? And a big name design? I feel a little bit dizzy. . .

It is not completely impossible that it could attract a big name with bags of money as its candidate.

But that does not necessarily mean you will gain any useful experience with a big-name organisation.

He's talked about it all week and the time he could actually make a big name for himself, he fluffs his lines.

Bill Gates is still a big name for young entrepreneurs. But young go-getters have found new icons among people their own age.

Barcelona are looking for a big-name hitman to appease the fans after a miserable campaign of playing second fiddle to Real Madrid.

As the story goes, a blogger named Chris Soghoian recently got an e-mail from a big-name PR company with a somewhat odd proposition.

She does have a big name, but she's only a poor apology for a good singer.

We don't expect such things from such a BIG name like Novotel.

Clearly Mr Sarkozy wanted a big name to run a French national champion and Mr Proglio provides that.

Welsh politicians, convinced that Wales gets a raw deal, have set up a big-name commission to examine the formula's flaws.

Other examples: A carrying case for an audio device from a big-name Western company retails for just under $30.

Bill Gates is still a big name for young entrepreneurs.

This is a time when schools like ours, private liberal arts colleges that don't have a big name, are in a potentially dangerous realm.

A [big] name high school provides assurance to college admissions. It's about the reliability of applicants.

The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.

Because some people are intimidated by jazz, they don't cover it unless it's a big name.

It doesn't cost a lot. It's only a big name design of the latest fashion.

Nothing helps a fraudster more than a big name.

Michael Jackson is a big name in the music business.

Gibbo will have to woo a big name to draw the crowds.

Elton John is a big name in the music business.

She' s a big name in the painting world.

Mr Glickstein does not work for a big-name fund company, nor is he a professional portfolio manager.

Your company is a big name in China.

I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old.

A big name in sports;