Sentence examples for tough comprehensive from inspiring English sources

He remembers wearing his mum's long white Burberry trenchcoat to his tough comprehensive school.

There is secondary school Michaela, at a tough comprehensive, finally feeling she belonged with her group of black girls, laughing till she cried at the chatter and jokes.

First, the House must pass tough, comprehensive ethics reform for both itself and the executive branch, addressing everything from emoluments and conflicts of interest to the handling of sexual harassment complaints against members of Congress.

He thinks school science has to be taught by qualified professionals, particularly to help to encourage girls: "I'm the son of a science teacher - my mum was a head of science at some pretty tough comprehensive schools when I was growing up.

"Warren Buffet spoke about it: 'This is where, in fact, future crises can occur.' And whether we're going to have a tough, comprehensive, transparent... section on derivatives, is where, in fact, the whole issue is at".

At the same time he faced down the decline of classics in Scottish schools by organising residential courses for schoolchildren, many from tough comprehensives in the central belt.

It was no secret at all, and nobody made a secret of it, that pupils from tough comprehensives had been made lower offers.Later, as we all got to know each other, it still seemed fair.

The organisation has been approved by Richmond upon Thames Council in London to take over two of the toughest comprehensives in the borough, Whitton School and Hampton Community College, and turn them into academies.

Art, swimming, and ornithology were his primary interests at the tough local comprehensive school.

He needs to deliver a tough and comprehensive reform package to the Legislature and challenge lawmakers from both parties to approve it swiftly.

The Court also broke through the idea that British theatre was an exclusive white man's club: one of the best of its early plays was Barry Reckord's Skyvers (1963), dealing with life in a tough London comprehensive, and it introduced Wole Soyinka to London audiences with The Lion and the Jewel in 1966.