Sentence examples for close to the qualifying from inspiring English sources

"I fence all those schools right at the beginning because as we're getting close to the qualifying rounds for National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, I'd rather my fencers have a snowball effect -- victories as opposed to losses.

He did not come close to the track qualifying record of 157.885 m.p.h., which he set in February 1997.

The debate over Pistorius's prosthetic blades has raged for more than two years, ever since he began posting times close to the Olympic qualifying benchmark.

Yet tenants who receive a rental subsidy and have a rent that is close to the threshold for qualifying for this subsidy (€710.68 per month in 2015) do not have the legal ability space to agree on any rent increase (if they want to continue to receive the subsidy).

I prayed for something similar on the archery field, when a photographer strayed too close to the targets during the qualifying rounds, but a voice barked from the public-address system — "Please stand down" — and the chance was lost.

"But we're hoping by the [2019 World Cup] we're very close to the final stages of qualifying and then for the next one [2023] we can have a decent chance to go there".

With a salary close to the cap, he barely qualified for the $10,000.

Over 31 million children rely on the National School Lunch program for needed nutrition, and most of them live sufficiently close to the poverty line that they qualify for free lunches or meals offered at a reduced prices.

Back in the spring, Alonso was qualifying pretty close to the front of the grid and Ferrari appeared to have a better handle on the tyres than probably anyone else.

He also came close to qualifying the team for the last two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations finals.

The Exige comes close to qualifying: The aluminum chassis weighs just 150 pounds; the finished, fiberglass-bodied car a little more than a ton, or about half the weight of a full-size sedan.