Sentence examples for challenging mark from inspiring English sources

But the next day during the finals they easily attained the challenging mark – set at 82% of the winning score in the world championships – and scored 47.2 with their routines.

But while Garbett's pair performed well against the other Olympic boats during the 2km time-trial on Monday, the Athens Olympian finished just under a second over the challenging mark he was set.

The tests at the end of key stage two saw improved results throughout England, with 79% of pupils reaching the DfE's targets for reading, writing and maths – with more schools meeting or beating the government's benchmarks for success, despite a more challenging mark being set this year.

The mass resignation threatens to disrupt exam marking in universities this summer when boards meet to discuss challenged marks, with more widespread disruption expected at the start of the next academic year.

State schools were more likely to challenge marks that were just below a C grade in key subjects such as English and maths, while private schools appealed against results at the A-level A/B and A*/A thresholds in an attempt to secure university places.

Mr. Kelsey said that just a few years ago, conservative colleagues loved his blunt style of challenging Mark Parkinson, a Democrat who was the governor at the time.

In the first political rebuke of one of the four Republican state senators who voted for same-sex marriage, the Erie County Conservative Party has endorsed a Democrat who is challenging Mark J. Grisanti's re-election bid.

The Rams' Sam Bradford, four games into his rookie season, is on his way toward challenging those marks.

Lassiter set the mark in M.L.S.'s inaugural season in 1996, and while others challenged the mark in the league's first decade — Stern John and Mamadou Diallo each scored 26, and Carlos Ruiz once had 24 — no one had matched Lassiter until Saturday.

The 29-year-old is confident he can challenge that mark: "That was the last time I really played the full season as a striker.

A flurry of unsuccessful legal challenges marked the run-up.