Sentence examples for qualified rather than from inspiring English sources

Spitzer wanted someone he deemed qualified, rather than a machine hire.

This right is qualified rather than absolute: freedom of expression is subject to such restrictions as may be "necessary in a democratic society".

"If there is a natural limit to the capacity of our educational system to take foreign students, isn't it better to get the best qualified rather than those with the ability to pay?" he asked.

If candidates needed only 100 signatures, they could get them from people who actually knew that they were qualified rather than from strangers, many of whom barely know what they are signing.

It could be that they're after specific, current subject knowledge and particular skills and attitudes, offering a salary that will appeal to the newly qualified rather than the experienced.

The EU catchphrase is the "regatta principle", meaning that countries from now on will join when qualified, rather than in groups as before.After Slovenia, Croatia is the strongest candidate among the ex-Yugoslavs and has already passed through various stages that allow it formally to apply to join.

They also changed the requirement so that projects only have to be under construction by the end of the year to qualify, rather than fully operational, as had traditionally been the case.

From a technical director viewpoint it's making sure that we've got this seamless pathway that's producing players and that's hopefully going to give us sustainability at first-team level, so that we can regularly qualify or at least regularly compete to qualify, rather than what it previously was, which is qualify once every 60 years and come close once a decade".

Those unable to walk more than 20m would automatically qualify, rather than the previous distance of 50m.

In addition, the playoff format was changed to have the top four teams in each division qualify rather than the top 16 teams overall.

She was the only one of the eight British women to earn their place by coming through the qualifying rather than as a wild card, the 27-year-old having retired from full-time competition last November.