Sentence examples for does not make the grade from inspiring English sources

Whoever does not make the grade, however -- and there were four or five people last year, Mr. Kaufman said -- is encouraged to try again and is steered toward less demanding volunteer work, like helping with visiting school groups.

Loss of face is another factor: if one person does not make the grade the entire group will be cut from the performance.

According to Sprint Nextel's current contract terms, only a "material" change in rates would allow customers to abandon contracts without paying an ETF, and the carrier said the most recent change does not make the grade.

(If wine doesn't make the grade, personal connections don't usually compensate).

The pretzel's popularity Doesn't make the grade with me.

Doherty said: "Anything that doesn't make the grade gets chucked.

"I'd give them an E for effort, but it still doesn't make the grade," Ms. Wilkins said.

Against such excellent competition as Bulletstorm and Portal 2, Duke Nukem Forever just doesn't make the grade.

Ker-azy Tia doesn't make the grade, but Squeaky Carianne does – obviously RoboGav's hearing circuits are faulty as well.

If regular churchgoing is the sign of a Christian country then Britain, as Justin Welby said on his blog this week, doesn't make the grade.

I wanted to keep the political dimension of it, so I needed to have someone who was powerful, and a king obviously doesn't make the grade in the 21st century.