Sentence examples for qualified stand from inspiring English sources

In the age of ideology, as was the 20th century until the 1970s, this moderate, qualified stand, and its companion skepticism, were taken for weakness: How can you educate young people with such a sophisticated approach, an approach that takes ideology with a grain of salt, that demands tolerance, that rejects the belief that total redemption is around the corner?

Seven candidates ran for the presidency in the first electoral round, but only three qualified to stand in the September 8 runoff election.

"It's nice to think that Senator Clinton recognizes that Senator Obama's clearly qualified to stand a heartbeat away from the presidency," he said.

He added: "There is no power in the Law Society bylaws to reject a nomination on the grounds that criminal proceedings are pending against a member who is otherwise qualified to stand".

Although he qualified to stand for election on his 25th birthday in September he told the Guardian that he would remain outside parliament until 2018 – the likely year of the next general election.

Owusu said she joined Riba's council because she thought it was important she did so, and she felt well qualified to stand for the vice-president post as she was "particularly interested in issues of diversity, working with small practices, minority ethnic practices and encouraging them".

Faced with growing criticism in school districts and state legislatures of the No Child Left Behind law, the Department of Education on Monday eased the way for schools to meet the law's requirement that highly qualified teachers stand at the front of every classroom.

"She's been an extraordinary progressive leader in Nevada," says the former Democratic presidential nominee, who describes Giunchigliani as "uniquely qualified to stand up for Nevada's families and children".

We never allowed any civilian to act as helmsman -- to take over the steering wheel of the ship -- even if qualified personnel stood close by.

Mr. Romney has now maintained that position for almost two decades, qualifying his stand as he sought the Republican presidential nomination but never relinquishing the view that inflation adjustments would be good for workers, good for employers and good for the broader economy.

"Gays and lesbians have to be 10 times more qualified even to stand up next to any other candidate," Ms. LeFavour said.