Sentence examples for outstanding meaning from inspiring English sources

Bilal Hafeez, global head of currency strategy at Deutsche Bank in London, noted Tuesday that net short positions had reached a record 43,741 on Feb. 2 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, up from a week earlier, when there were 39,539 net short contracts outstanding — meaning, in effect, that investors have made more than $7.5 billion in bets against the European currency.

Combine that with the fact that, for the first time this year, none of Hull's secondary schools were ranked inadequate by Ofsted and three were outstanding – meaning fewer couples leaving the city when they have children – and the low skills base that has held Hull back is improving.

But it also seems that the recent decline of Groupon's stock is a result of just how many shares it sold at IPO. Groupon sold about 5.5percentt of its stock on November 4th (of its 637.3 million shares outstanding), meaning that a relatively small amount of stock was available to short sellers.

A possible third was "outstanding", meaning that, at the time, there was no clarification whether two suspects were dead, nor whether a third suspect existed.

Homeland also won outstanding drama, meaning that Mad Men failed to set a record by winning its fifth best drama award.

By now Brahms's contemporaries were keenly aware of the outstanding significance of his works, and people spoke of the "three great Bs" (meaning Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms), to whom they accorded the same rank of eminence.

Adrian Wright, the president of the chamber, said FE colleges were mostly rated outstanding by Ofsted, meaning the quality of people leaving them was good, but many young people were failing to bridge the gap into employment.

In Ferguson -- a city with a population of 21,000 -- 16,000 people have outstanding arrest warrants, meaning that they are currently actively wanted by the police.

Blackmoon provides investors with access to an array of outstanding financial assets, meaning investors can implement comprehensive investment strategies that outperform returns associated with investing in traditional lending marketplaces.

Like many others, I assumed that an outstanding school would mean outstanding leadership and behaviour, meaning I could focus solely on the reasons why I entered the profession.

Rachel Cusk's Transit – an outstanding novel about the meaning of suffering and how listening to the stories of others makes us who we are – was equally important and powerful.