Sentence examples for discretionary points from inspiring English sources

• The current "outdated and complex" system of performance related pay involves two schemes - distinction awards and discretionary points - which are "fundamentally flawed" according to the Department of Health.

"The scope of my role, for which I was awarded 3 discretionary points [on the salary scale] has been substantially reduced because of this [nurse consultant] post".

The last two years, at least three Ferraris tied with perfect scores, so the judges awarded discretionary extra points to determine First in Class and the two runners-up.

In addition, the separation procedure allows harvesting both young and old cells at discretionary time points, and provides an opportunity to perform the phenotypic time-course analysis of aging progression.

Food becomes a discretionary item.

To make matters worse, around two-thirds of federal spending goes on pensions or other non-discretionary items, points out Mr Velloso (see chart 2).

The offence carries a fine of up to £1,000, three penalty points and discretionary disqualification.

Yes, my loving wife succumbed to my outlandish pledge that "this will be the best memory we've ever had as a family!" We scraped together all the respective rewards points and discretionary dollars we could muster, ordered the tickets, booked the flights and reserved the room.

Readers of this blog may recall that I have long advocated the provision of, say, two competitive preference points in discretionary grants for proposals promising to use proven programs when such programs are available.

As the President pointed out, discretionary domestic outlays make up just twelve per cent of the budget.

But there is no a fixed percentage that will be discretionary, that's the point I'm making.