Sentence examples for exactly the mark from inspiring English sources

That's not exactly the mark of a world-class city.

"The poet is in command of his fantasy," Lionel Trilling wrote, "while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy".

His vision was exactly on the mark.

He is exactly on the mark about Dubai Ports World and the fear and frenzy of politicians, writers and the public.

This last charge, which was, of course, exactly on the mark, must be set in the context of occasional episodes of mob violence against (non-Christian) atheists or doubters.

Monica Mason, then in the corps de ballet, remembers well "the excitement we felt at the opportunity of a complete change in our usual routine – several days in a TV studio being filmed from all angles by several ­cameras – all under the eagle eye of the very respected Margaret Dale, who was very demanding; we soon realised the importance of being exactly on the mark she'd given you.

We had certain ideas that seemed fun to explore at the time, but they didn't all exactly hit the mark.

Make a shallow hole that will guide the drill so you make the hole exactly on the mark.

"It was a bit of a surprise that they got exactly the same mark, but we weren't surprised at how good the marks were.

Ryan spent four seasons in St . Louis hitting.259, but in almost three years with the Mariners, his average sank to.215 — exactly the career mark of Mario Mendoza, a former Seattle shortstop celebrated for his meager hitting.

This thing uses "215 discrete transistors, 518 diodes, 472 resistors and 101 capacitors on a massive 10″ x 14″ printed circuit board" to recreate something that 1960s-era James Bond would shut down at exactly the 007 mark to prevent the world from blowing up.