Sentence examples for major qualifier from inspiring English sources

But today Mr. Fincher was the surprise nominee for the best director award from the Directors Guild of America, a major qualifier in the Oscar rounds.

What seemed like a simple enough after-school project, however, came with some major qualifiers.

This year's Badminton also doubles as the first major Olympic qualifier for London 2012, with riders out to qualify their horses for the Games and impress British selectors.

Gibraltar have never won a major tournament qualifier, having lost all 20 European Championship and World Cup matches they have played, but they had their chances.

At various points this season, Cameron and Phillips have had the lowest batting averages among major league qualifiers, and Cameron and Matsui have been among the N.L. leaders in strikeouts.

This year's Badminton has acted as one of the first major Olympic qualifiers for London 2012.

Through May 4, Giambi was hitting.150, the lowest batting average in the majors among qualifiers for the batting title.

His average was the lowest in the majors among qualifiers since Rob Deer hit.179 for the 1991 Detroit Tigers, who did not make the playoffs.

Normally, intense rivalry between the airlines of the major Continental European qualifiers – France, Holland, Germany, Spain and Italy – keeps a lid on fares to South America.

Arena said he tries not to get greedy, preferring to recall players from Europe only for a full World Cup qualifier or major tournament.

No country on the planet has participated in more major championship play-off qualifiers than the Republic of Ireland, who go into the the seventh in their history tonight with a decidedly uneviable record of one from six, when they beat Iran over two legs to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.