Sentence examples for scholarly exams from inspiring English sources

He was one of countless artists to take state-sponsored scholarly exams, earn an advanced degree and qualify for a career in civil service.

After passing the prefectural, provincial, and then palace exam (the most prestigious), scholarly degrees did not immediately ensure an appointment to office, but the more prestigious the degree, the more certain one's career in higher administrative posts would be.

Gaining a scholarly degree by passing prefectural, circuit-level, or palace exams in the Song period was the most important prerequisite in being considered for appointment, especially to higher posts; this was a departure from the Tang period, when the examination system was enacted on a much smaller scale.

In the early years of the Choson dynasty, which lasted from 1392 to 1910, those who passed a civil-service exam could gain entry to the privileged yangban class, a scholarly aristocracy.

After completing exams in theology and philosophy, he taught for some time at secondary schools in Berlin but soon abandoned this to dedicate himself fully to scholarly endeavours.

Scholarly discoveries turned up.

Scholarly and fascinating.

"This real scholarly guy.

He devours the scholarly literature.

"The scholarly burdens," Swanlon said.

scholarly and entertaining . . .