Lest that sound like faint praise, he quickly qualifies it: earlier this week, in a day trip around Stockholm's record shops, he added 50 singles to his already mammoth Abba collection.
He has a job interview tomorrow morning, which almost qualifies him to move back home.
Retailers often trot out this line when they have lost market share and Asda's 3.9% fall in like-for-like sales in the last quarter qualifies on that score.
Lone parent lobbyists complain that most lone parents of children over 11 are already in work, and lowering the age at which their youngest child qualifies them for benefit from 16 to 11 or 12 is harsh.
Whatever the result of their Wembley play-off against Southend, it already qualifies as that.
In Juncker's own words, what qualifies him for the top job in Brussels is his talent for "building bridges".
(And what exactly qualifies her as your business partner, unless you are setting up an outlet of similar attractions?) Your girlfriend may well assume you've always understood the euphemistic nature of her CV, and if not it's somewhat staggering that you're proposing a business venture with someone about whom you appear to know so little.
The mortgage was taken out in his name, and because he lives in the property as his principal residence, he qualifies for full relief from capital gains tax.
The 25-year-old was born in Gosport but qualifies thanks to his Scottish-born father, Alex.
We get lots of CVs from people who want to work in politics, but don't have anything on their CV that qualifies that.
Believe it or not, his mere 6ft 6in (1.98m) actually qualifies as short in America's National Basketball Association NBAA).So let us offer a couple of heretical propositions: it is usually a disadvantage to be big; and, in any case, the best sports are those for all shapes and sizes with one in particular, we would argue, being paramount.The first heresy, admittedly, is a little tricky to prove.
