The three qualifiers have hardly raised a sweat, and Pakistan was aiming to complete a wholly predictable quartet of qualifiers when it played the other outsider, Zimbabwe, on Monday.
That is just one of many paradoxes that define Griffin, a player who is simultaneously described as violent and gentle, who has repeatedly raised his fists but has hardly ever raised his voice, and who sometimes gets along better with ball boys than with teammates.
"It is an interesting question, and it has hardly been raised".
So unanimous are Turks against a war in Iraq that it has hardly been raised in the campaign for parliamentary elections on Nov. 3.
It is remarkable that such a question has hardly been raised before despite the abundance of molecular details on each of the components of the TOL pathway [ 15, 17].
The fuel-efficiency requirements — 27.5 miles per gallon for cars; 21 miles per gallon for light trucks — have hardly been raised since 1986.
Less than 30 seconds after the goal, Juventus were back: the celebration high in the north end had barely subsided and the rallying call from the rest of the ground had hardly been raised when Gonzalo Higuaín was there, deep inside the area.
Gruener has put aside work on a PhD while he has been raising Sirga, and has hardly ever left her alone.
However, such campaigns do not always result in the desired action, and the effectiveness of communication in raising flood risk awareness and improving flood preparedness has hardly been studied.
David Cameron, the Conservative prime minister, has hardly been scratched by the row over his coalition government's plan to raise university fees.
