Sentence examples for ruling grade from inspiring English sources

Somewhere between origin and destination there is going to be a ruling grade.

These came to be known as the "ruling grade"—that is, the amount of locomotive power required for the transit of a line was determined by its steepest grade.

Adopted later as the ruling grade for the Canadian Pacific and a number of other North American lines, the 2.2 percent figure has become so fixed that it now ranks second only to standard gauge as a characteristic of the North American railroad.

Built over and around the under construction Blue Ridge Tunnel, this 4.38 mile track, called the Mountain Track, included steep grades (maximum 5.6% with a ruling grade of 5.3%) and sharp curves (minimum radius of 300 feet), thereby limiting speeds to around 5-7 mph.

Tonight the ruling class knows.

Trains are made up to meet their ruling grades-barely.

The court decided another Buckley Amendment case two months ago, ruling unanimously that the grades that students give to one another's work in the common classroom practice of "peer grading" are not educational records within the meaning of the law.

Like a little ruling class..

The ruling party hates him.

Mr. Obama rightly denounced that ruling.

Some were threatened with bad grades if they failed to attend "Children's Referendums" at polling places, a ploy to ensure that their parents would show up and vote for the ruling party.