Sentence examples for top grades of from inspiring English sources

Strictly speaking, this was true: Kelly had never been admitted to the top grades of the civil service.

These showed more pupils gaining the top grades, of A* and A, up from 16.7% in 2003 to 17.4% in 2004.

But a Tory government, while accepting the need for a single exam for 16-year-olds, insisted that the top grades of A-C must be comparable to the old O-level pass grades.

Last year, 29% of GCSE pupils got five or more GCSEs at the top grades of A*-C compared with just 12% at the failing Willesden Green high school it replaced.

Myrick, a member of BSP's first class in 1992, recalls not being invited to join any of the study groups in one class--until she earned one of the top grades on the midterm.

It's a little more on the top grade of science".

Moody's lowered its rating to Aa1 from a gilt-edged Aaa, and S.& P. cut its rating to AA+ from a top grade of AAA.

The lowest mark, 1, indicates a student is not meeting New York State's academic standards, while the top grade of 4 celebrates "meeting standards with distinction".

In all 12 major categories, including working hours, compensation, management practices and health and safety, the factory received the top grade of "good".

The company, one of three major agencies that offer advice to investors in debt securities, said it was cutting its rating of long-term federal debt to AA+, one notch below the top grade of AAA.

FOR Sushi Yasuda, the exalted Midtown shrine to the pristine purity of raw sliced fish, posting anything less than the top grade of A from the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would seem like a skull and crossbones in the window.