Sentence examples for marks for poor from inspiring English sources

Having taught university students in global affairs, I happened to have several old papers in a drawer, complete with my marks for poor usage.

Coombs concludes that none of the schools have reserved a proportion of places for pupils from poorer backgrounds, though some have said that if these pupils pass the entrance test, they will be admitted ahead of their better-off peers, and some have lowered the pass mark for poorer pupils.

You can get marked down for poor sportsmanship.

In Sweden Jan Bjorklund, the education minister, is prepared for poor marks too.The triennial study by the OECD, a think-tank, measures the reading, maths and science proficiency of 15-year-olds.

But he seized his opportunity at Turf Moor with a well-taken glancing header as Burnley were once again punished for poor marking at a set-play and continued their worrying recent trend for throwing away two-goal leads - this is the third time in their last four games.

Mozambique received poor marks for its efforts to stop rhinoceros poachers and for its lack of control over ivory trading.

Others received poor marks for disrupting class, failing to finish assignments or forgetting basic tools like a pen.

And over all, Mr. Levitte said, the major floral services received poor marks for customer satisfaction on online review sites.

The U.S. gets poor marks for macroeconomic stability (the long-term federal debt), for its tax structure and for the low savings rate.

City Councilman John Sabini said that, when he saw the station's poor marks for cleanliness, he repeated his request to the authority to install newspaper recycling cans.

In a sense, his process was the antithesis of that of the adults shown in the movie, who get poor marks for attendance.