Sentence examples for grade when it was from inspiring English sources

Last year 7.1% of entries gained an A* – more than double the proportion receiving the top grade when it was introduced in 1994 – and 67.1% received a C or above.

"Something you just have to deal with in warm weather, like the summer before 10th grade when it was 'Born in the U.S.A.' " The most eye-opening and persuasive parts of the book explore the revenue and benefits to be had from cannabis without a single joint's being lighted.

"I met one woman who said she remembers seeing the Goucher Mummy when she was in fifth grade, when it was still downtown," Balachandran said.

The NRL's shot clock will get its first test in the top grade when it's trialled on Sunday afternoon during the Parramatta-Canberra clash at Pirtek Stadium.

The book is "The Great Gatsby," but this guy apparently skipped 10th-grade English when it was assigned.

I went to a very liberal private school in Alabama, so my whole grade was surprised when it was announced that we were to attend a mandatory sex education course.

I first read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in an eighth-grade class in 1964, when it was probably just going out of fashion as required reading for American school children — and the phrase "Uncle Tom" was about to come into widespread use as the ultimate instrument of black-on-black derogation.

Derek Tomlinson, volunteer co-ordinator at the Historic Ryde Society, fondly remembers the Grade-II listed pier when it was a mainstay of the area.

In 2005, "seventh grade started, and that's when it was just a mess," Tina said.

Frank Kelsall, an architectural historian who wrote the listing description for 3-5 PorchesTerracerace when it was grade II-listed in 1987, suggests the semi-detached house took off for such practical reasons as much as anything else.

So far no one has been able to offer reassurance, even though the shelter recently made the news when it was given Grade II-listed status.