Sentence examples for close to selection from inspiring English sources

"Gareth was close to selection last year," Whitaker said.

None of these alternative contenders were even deemed by the nomination panel to have been particularly close to selection.

When pressed if Michael Vaughan was close to selection for the Tests preceding his retirement, the coach said: "Just recently he wasn't but we were watching him very carefully.

Overton, who came close to selection for England's winter Test tour to South Africa, was reported to have made the remark by both the umpire Alex Wharf, at the bowler's end, and the non-striking batsman Michael Yardy in the 57th over of Somerset's four-day Division One match away to Sussex at Hove which began on 14 September.

At the start of this week, which will go a long way toward deciding who plays at the 2010 World Cup, one player who outshone the entire collection of Real Madrid's new galácticos was apparently not even close to selection for Spain.

He never came close to selection for a Test match.

Robin van Persie was not considered fit enough to feature against Swansea because he reported back late from the World Cup, but Van Gaal confirmed he is "closer to selection now".

This step implies the null hypothesis that each locus evolves under neutral selection; if no data were observed at a locus, it would be assigned close to zero selection.

Gilchrist's form saw him selected for Australia A, a team comprising players close to national selection.

People close to the selection process say the White House and Justice Department have approved Mr. Christie's nomination.

This go-around, Mr. Walentas is not a shoo-in, according to sources close to the selection process.