Our numbers tripled in 2008, causing us to depart from open registration and move towards a qualification system.

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Margaret Smith, the Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman, said that changes in the qualification system in Scottish secondary schools would not address the problem.

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The complexities of the qualification system meant that a 2-2 draw would have been enough to send both Spain and Croatia through -- but in truth that scoreline never looked a likely outcome.

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Windows Phone 7.5 is stable, it works well, so why go to all the hassle of reworking the operating system push it through network qualification, and then do a worldwide roll-out with hardware partners and multiple devices.

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Qualification for the Olympic triathlon relies on a system of points, examples being 1, 000 for winning a World Championship series grand final, 800 for winning one of the other six series events leading up to it, and 500 for winning a Triathlon World Cup race.

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Despite an earlier leak claiming that there would be a two-tier system - similar to the old O-levels and CSEs - the new qualification will be a single exam for a wide range of abilities.

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