Sentence examples for be selected to compete from inspiring English sources

Virginia is 15-15 and could be selected to compete in the National Invitation Tournament or the new 16-team College Basketball Invitational.

According to Australia's Fairfax newspapers, he was training as recently as last August, hoping to be selected to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The Nordic island nation boasts an estimated population of around 329,100 people, and 23 of their number will be selected to compete at Euro 2016 in France next summer.

Those athletes lucky enough to be selected to compete for Team GB will have dedicated half of their life to this moment – and we want the whole nation to get behind them and cheer them on.

Ironically, they take part in those events to get ranking points so that they can be selected to compete at the Olympics.

Hannah Mills has admitted the "hard work starts now" as the sailor became the first Welsh athlete to be selected to compete at the 2012 London Olympics.

"Waves '98" is the first time a Lebanese film has been selected to compete in the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection since 1991.

Roy was selected to compete in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, marking his third selection as an NBA All-Star.

In total, 33 plays were entered into this year's main festival, and four were selected to compete.

Kurt was selected to compete in the Junior and Cadet World Championships starting on March 23 in Linz, Austria.

"I was selected to compete for the Opera Quiz panel on the basis of my Italian studies," Mr. Diamond said.