Sentence examples for score slips from inspiring English sources

The drop is larger than in Asia, Africa and Latin America.Thus Latvia's score slips from 19 to 22, after the government appeared to lean on public television to cover Russia more politely.

Related | In "Average Score Slips on SAT," Tamar Lewin writes: Average scores on the SAT fell across the nation this year, with the reading score for the high school class of 2011 falling three points to 497, the lowest on record, according to a report Wednesday by the College Board, which administers the exams.

(Interestingly, China's score slipped despite a recent high-profile campaign against corrupt officials).The cost of bribery varies by industry.

To determine the final rankings the golf was match-pointed as in a duplicate event with a traveling score slip in each hole.

He could barely get the words out, a mixture of anger with himself at letting a score slip through his fingers, and full-on distress.

But McHale seemed to be unsettled by the score, slipping from 4-0 to 4-4 in the second set before sneaking away with a 6-0, 6-4 victory, her first win in four tries at the Fed Cup.

Paul Attanasio of The Washington Post said "the film showcases a visual stylist utterly in command of his talents" and that Angelo Badalamenti "contributes an extraordinary score, slipping seamlessly from slinky jazz to violin figures to the romantic sweep of a classic Hollywood score", but claimed that Lynch "isn't interested in communicating, he's interested in parading his personality.

This year, high school reading and elementary math scores slipped.

Before these older people were admitted, mental test scores slipped 0.031 units per year on average; after a hospitalization, the decline was 0.075 units annually on average.

We've been fooling around for decades, even as we've been watching the test scores slip and the dropout rate go up.

Problem is, he's not, not quite, having developed an irritating habit of letting decent scores slip drastically late in the round.