Sentence examples for clinch a position from inspiring English sources

The following round saw South Australia clinch a position in the finals, despite finishing the round in second position.

At least one of those teams will not make the postseason, if there is a postseason, so the focus must be immediate and obsessive for any team that has not clinched a position for that odd ending date of Aug. 30.

Murphy had resumed yesterday "never seriously believing I could win" but, as he noted Stevens slowly succumbing to "clinchers disease", he remembered Ken Doherty's extraordinary 17-16 semi-final victoverover Paul Hunter in 2003 from 15-9 down and a few occasions when Stevens himself had failed to clinch a winning position.

But a lackluster performance and loss to the Steelers means that the team has to win three straight games to clinch a playoff spot -- a difficult position for an inconsistent team to find itself in.

Starting Sunday, the Knicks will play five straight games against teams that have clinched a spot in the postseason or are in position to make the playoffs.

The hosts managed a late flurry but two more Halfpenny penalties ensured Blues go into the final round of matches in pole position to clinch a quarter-final spot.

Mark Calcavecchia and Sutton have all but clinched a berth.

Costa Rica has already clinched a spot.

The Giants clinch a wild-card spot with a victory.

The result maintained the first position in the Drivers' Championship and clinched him a position in the Chase.

Newsome wishes the Ravens were in a position to play for a first-round bye, but the N.F.L. made it nearly impossible to clinch a division early, by shifting division games to later in the season.