Sentence examples for close to qualification from inspiring English sources

"Some players have had big nights but nothing that comes close to qualification.

So at the risk of completely alienating some of the greatest players ever to have worn the Springbok jersey, here is my South African dream team, with some of the other candidates who came so close to qualification.

Once he arrived to hear an Afrikaner policeman scoffing at a young black woman who was close to qualification as a doctor: "You think you're some clever student, but really you're just a Kaffir".

It wasn't one of our better performances but in terms of team spirit and never-say-die attitude it was first class," said Coleman, who insisted that nothing would be taken for granted, despite Wales being so close to qualification.

After its 4-0 trofncing of Austria on Saturday, Spain needs only a point in today's game at Liechtenstein in Group 7. Italy is also close to qualification in Group 8, needing a victory over visiting Hungary on Oct. 6.

"You can really see how much being so close to qualification means to all of them, and the players too.

Although they came closer to qualification than ever before, taking sixth place out of the nine, they still missed out.

But Wilson and Kevin O'Brien (25 not out) cruised to the victory target and brought Ireland closer to qualification for the 2015 World Cup.

That's three wins from three and takes England closer to qualification for the semi-finals with a game against Pakistan to come on Sunday.

Wales won in Cyprus before a home draw with Israel brought them closer to qualification for their first major tournament since 1958.

Hernandez has been in the shadow of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck this season, but scored twice as United came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 and move closer to qualification for the knockout stage.