Sentence examples for marks were set from inspiring English sources

Both marks were set last season.

The world governing body for track and field has opposed voiding its records for two reasons: there is no proof that all of the present marks were set by athletes who were using banned performance-enhancing drugs, and there is no guarantee that all new records will be set by athletes who are clean.

Many of those who favor a rewriting of the record books are most skeptical of women's records, given the uncertainty about Griffith-Joyner's achievements and the fact that many suspicious marks were set by athletes from the Eastern bloc, where cheating was believed to be rampant.

Other girls' marks were set by Karen Robinson of New Rochelle, N.Y., in the 55 (7.22); Amber Williams of Roxbury, N.J., in the 55 hurdles (8.03); Theresa Fath of Bellport, N.Y., in the mile (4 minutes 59.94 seconds); and Ann Wiley of Hunterdon Central, N.J., in the pole vault at 9-6.

FINISH LINES The following marks were set at Saratoga Race Course over the weekend: highest non-Travers day on-track handle: $5,185,404.55 (previous mark: $5,088,819 on Aug. 14, 1993); largest weekend total commingled handle: $43,594,840 (previous mark: $42,384,018 on Travers weekend, 1999); largest weekend on-track attendance: 109,252 (previous record: 93,004 on the third weekend of 1999).

No graded marks were set.

That's a new Olympic record, which is a nice change from all those dull world marks being set.

While some race courses are fixed (round an island or to a destination), meaning press boats know where the sailors will be in advance, in competitions like the World Championships or Olympics the course of movable marks are set on the day to suit the wind angle and strength.

Lucerne is the last competition before GB's Olympic rowing squad is named on 6 June, and fast conditions led to a number of record marks being set on Friday.

A key question is how methylation marks are set, maintained and removed.

According to previous models, DNA methylation marks are set by the de novo methyltransferases DNMT3A and DNMT3B during development and maintained by the maintenance DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 that specifically recognizes and modifies hemimethylated DNA substrates.