Sentence examples for mark such as from inspiring English sources

The occasional line hits the mark, such as when ninjafied priest Aramis growls "It's judgment day," before punching the king in the face.

Alongside them there are younger talents making their mark such as 19-year-old Jaz Carlin [a World Championship freestyle relay bronze medallist last summer], Lizzie Simmonds and the versatile 20-year-old Fran Halsall.

The militia's Voice of Shariat radio station quoted Maulawi Abdul Wali, chief of the Virtue and Vice Ministry, as saying, "The non-Muslim population of the country should have a distinctive mark such as a piece of cloth attached to their pockets so they can be differentiated from others".

He also brings to the fore more esoteric details that similarly hit their mark, such as the weight of an amputated arm (in this case, eight pounds), or the contents of a soldier's pack (soldier's prayer book: check; pressed-iron mug: check) and what that pack weighed (seventy-seven-plus pounds)—when dry.

When no other mark (such as a hyphen or space) is in order, the McCune-Reischauer system uses the apostrophe to distinguish such pairs as hangŏ (= hang-ŏ) 'resistance' and han'gŏ (= han-gŏ, usually pronounced as if hang-gŏ) 'a cloistered life.' The vowel nucleus consists of a simple vowel, which may be preceded by y or w.

Yes... *If it could secure a substantial saving for the same quality of service *Some recent Met Office forecasts have been very wide of the mark, such as last year's barbecue summer and the recent big freeze *The internet means a national weather service is no longer needed for serious forecasting No... *The Met Office's general forecasting record is nearly 90 per cent accurate.

They will also look for any identifying marks such as serial numbers.

Languages with diacritical marks, such as Czech, almost always drop them in text messages.

Exclamation marks Newspapers are said to employ various synonyms for exclamation marks, such as bang, shriek, dog's cock or screamer.

During the journalists' torture, the militia members were careful to use techniques that did not leave visible marks, such as plastic bags to asphyxiate victims, Mr. Ferraz said.

Most Mesoamerican languages lack plural marking (such as the -s in English) for nouns, or it is limited to only human referents.