Sentence examples for obvious qualification from inspiring English sources

His obvious qualification for this job was his own participation in the Kon-Tiki expedition.

His most obvious qualification for the prime ministership was that he was unobjectionable, as well as being loyal to the president, Leonid Kuchma which others might consider a dubious recommendation.

Chandor's only obvious qualification is that his father spent forty years at Merrill Lynch, which, like Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, destroyed itself with an excess of mortgage-backed securities and finally, in 2008, subsided, at a bargain rate, into the arms of a wealthier firm.

Who today would be so churlish as to suggest that child-rearing and home stewardship maybe aren't, in and of themselves, obvious qualifications for public life?

A diagnosis of schizophrenia and repeated commitments to mental institutions might seem like obvious qualifications for an insanity defense — or maybe not.

What are these personal characteristics that you have in addition to all your obvious qualifications that would mesh with this organization, that are complementary to what we're trying to get done here?" Q.

In family-run businesses, it is a cliché that the underachieving offspring receive favored positions despite a lack of obvious qualifications, as any fan of the movie "Tommy Boy" can attest.

He was clearly proud of having talked himself into his first job, as Life's science editor, despite having no obvious qualifications beyond his imposing appearance: good-looking and self-assured, he stood 6 foot 5.

An article in Politico last July, examining Trump's approach to management, found that he earned the allegiance of some employees through a combination of "praise, pay, and fear," and by promoting "trusted loyalists" who often lacked "obvious qualifications".

Poehler's Hillary was more of the Chevy Chase school of political impressions: it was less about Clinton's appearance (other than the hair) or mannerisms than about a popular idea of Clinton — in this case, the idea that she was disgusted with the American electorate for failing to recognize her obvious qualifications and abilities.

However, when both Pufendorf and the faculty senate demurred, the offer became a professorship in "philology and the law of nations" within the (lower, or preparatory) philosophy faculty a position that addressed both the university's needs and Pufendorf's more obvious qualifications.