Sentence examples for qualifying for the first from inspiring English sources

For countries qualifying for the first time - such as my native Ghana - it is a badge of honour.

There will also be two new players, with Caroline Wozniacki, the U.S. Open finalist from Denmark, and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus both qualifying for the first time.

And for the governments of Italy, Spain and Portugal, qualifying for the first round of EMU has become a full-time preoccupation.To be sure, EMU always had a political dimension.

Paul Zielbauer (NYT) THE DEBATES THRESHOLD SET ON QUALIFIERS A bipartisan panel supervising the presidential debates said yesterday that candidates qualifying for the first debate on Oct. 3 would be determined by results of five national polls on Sept. 26.

The defending champion of the Iowa caucuses was in eighth place in the most recent poll of the Hawkeye State and he is doing even worse nationally, in danger of not qualifying for the first GOP debate, on 6 August.

They still lead the same piece with the line: "Britain set up a great chance of winning the first gold medal awarded at the Laoshan Velodrome by qualifying for the first round of the team sprint in unofficial record time".

Are you putting more effort into qualifying for the first-class upgrades?

Here are some excerpts from reader responses: "Yes, a thousand times yes, I am putting a lot of effort into qualifying for the first-class upgrades," wrote Lisa Nicotra, a doctor from Minneapolis who flies enough each year to maintain the lowest-level elite status on Northwest Airlines.

Qualifying for the second round would be a major achievement.

That's three Brits qualifying for the second round, to be run at lunchtime today.

Hungary, with 2 points, stands little chance of qualifying for the second round as a wild-card team.