Sentence examples for marker laid down from inspiring English sources

As Brian O'Driscoll and Ian McGeechan said afterwards, this was above all a marker laid down for internal consideration.

At this stage, and given the marker laid down by Manchester City at Old Trafford 24 hours earlier, that is what matters.

A disappointing fifth-placed finish was below their high standards last year, and as far as first outings of the season – which can often be rusty – go, this was a pretty decent marker laid down by the Wolves.

This was not the thrashing the French had hoped to impose on a side 12th in the Premier League, a marker laid down as they progress further in the competition, but Laurent Blanc's team still have a lead with which to travel to London for next month's return.

Captain Bradley Davies and his new-look Wales squad should be under no illusions about the marker laid down by the previous Welsh tourists to Japan.

North Gate was destroyed in the 19th century, but its former location is marked by a "Cozen Stone", a marker laid down by amateur archaeologist Walter Cozens in the interwar years.

"A marker is laid down, you get your first win and everyone feels better," said Dyche.

As it's the Queen's diamond jubilee year, we're destined to get many more programmes about the monarchy than even David Starkey could possibly deem necessary and an early marker was laid down with King George and Queen Mary: The Royals who Rescued the Monarchy (BBC2).

As much as it's popular to beat up on Bill Clinton these days, at least he knew a moment when a marker is laid down.

Don Anair, an engineer and deputy director of the Union of Concerned Scientists' clean vehicles program, called the marker Toyota laid down "a laudable goal".

With the World Cup less than a year away, no one-day game exists in a vacuum, and some tentative markers were laid down yesterday for the Caribbean.