Steve Harmison would have come very close to selection.

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Nevertheless, the battle for the presidency will be close, and the selection of the extra 200 delegates will be both crucial and contentious.

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Gatland says he is close to finalising South Africa selection and that he has consulted the regions on his needs.

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Programme participants were chosen amongst close to 200 applicants after a competitive selection process.

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The experts were chosen amongst close to 200 applicants after a competitive selection process.

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The first is that although the Welsh language flourishes (arguably because Welsh-medium schools offer a way for richer parents to enjoy academic selection), the region remains close to England, sharing, for example, the English press. (The Scots have their own newspapers.) And plenty of English newcomers are learning Welsh, drawn by those same good schools.

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Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit organization of city business leaders, and a close ally of the Cuomo administration, hailed the selection of Mr. Prendergast in light of the agency's difficult finances.

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But on Saturday his close associates said he had meant to say "no further selection".

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Mr. Ryan's selection had both parties trying to determine how he would alter what has been a close contest.

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