He was a twenty-one-year-old college graduate, whose primary qualification was that he excelled at Football Manager, a computer game.
To make the cut, the comics had to count stand-up as their primary income, a qualification that left funnymen like Jerry Seinfeld, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno off this year's list.
While that view is far from universal, the discussion has permeated the mayoral race, with at least one candidate, Council Speaker Peter F. Vallone, a Democrat, contending that one of his primary qualifications is that only he can span the chaotic gap that's bound to exist between a new administration and the crowd of Council newcomers.
Rather, the primary qualification should be that the person knows the law, understands the law, upholds the law, and possesses a certain sort of empathy for the way that the law impacts the lives of Americans.
A primary qualification for Dream Street was that you had to be a real boy.
If what you're after is truly wireless earbuds, and your primary qualification in making a buying decision is that they be the best available all-around, the Beoplay E8 definitely fits the bill.
My primary qualification to write about these things is that I am not an economist.
In a subsequent vote, the Board passed another resolution opposing height as a primary qualification to play center for the Miami Heat, noting that such an arbitrary criterion thwarts the ambition of dwarf students trying out for basketball.
She and her husband, below, cited their close relationship as her primary qualification.
They had no formal training: their primary qualification for the job appeared to be their willingness to do it.
