There's so much rubbish talked about the eleven-plus. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
I had not passed my eleven-plus, let alone gone to university. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
These children were then kept in after school to be groomed and coached for the eleven-plus exam. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
Mr. Law resents this greatly, as I'm one of only four boys to pass the eleven-plus examination in the whole class. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Music, A Memoir]
John had passed his eleven-plus to get in but, once there, he did no academic work and was put in the bottom stream. From Wordnik.com. [John]
As a result the whole subject of selection at age eleven-plus is a topic of heated discussion among educators and laymen. From Wordnik.com. [Education in the Western World] Reference
A small stolid boy not yet, Mrs. Oliver would have thought, arrived at the seniority of the eleven-plus, said sternly, "Why a Finn?". From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Party]
I mean they see how bright you are, and if you're bright enough to pass your eleven-plus, you go on to a grammar school or something. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Party]
Failing the eleven-plus destroyed the self-confidence of many children, wasting valuable talents and blighting their prospects. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
I'm no sustainability expert, but in the eleven-plus years I've called Denver home, I've watched us undergo some significant paradigm shifts. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Wadsworth: The Greening Cow Town] Reference
I\'m no sustainability expert, but in the eleven-plus years I\'ve called Denver home, I\'ve watched us undergo some significant paradigm shifts. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Wadsworth: The Greening Cow Town] Reference
I failed the eleven-plus examination, which divided children into academic and non-academic streams, but neither my parents nor I were upset about this. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
Tony flaig bignews said: "Simply put many middleclass parents, shell out good money, for one reason, to get their little brats coached into passing the eleven-plus". From Wordnik.com. [Fiona Millar on 'Segregational Selection'] Reference
At the age of eleven, students had to take an exam known as the eleven-plus which would decide whether or not they went on to a grammar school or to a secondary modern school. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
I attended the local Catholic elementary (grade) school, and later, following a successful performance in the "eleven-plus" examination which I took rather earlier than most, transferred to the College of the Sacred Heart in Wimbledon. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony J. Leggett - Autobiography] Reference
The combined population of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut is 11,300,000, quite a bit more than 260,000, and yet those 260,000 are about to make a decision that could have tremendous impact on the lives of those other eleven-plus million. From Wordnik.com. [John Odum: For Good or Ill, Vermont's Election Will Impact Millions of Other New Englanders] Reference
His upbringing formed his politics, and the moment Prescott failed his eleven-plus exams fuelled his fervent opposition to selection in schools and led to a pervasive insecurity about his education. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
In the following 12 months or so, after she passed her eleven-plus, she was not only growing and knowing her own illness, she was talking to and making friends with other people who had cystic fibrosis. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
That half-million dollars is more than my wife and I took home combined in the eleven-plus years we’ve worked at our company. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » In 2005, Exxon CEO Raked in 190K a Day] Reference
(and only brighter pupils who passed their eleven-plus went to state grammar schools), and from there went to university in London. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
The eleven-plus hours of raw footage taped on SLP are rough; many videos are partially cut off, and all of Mike’s Videos #2 has static and a vertical shake. From Wordnik.com. [Fargo Rock City] Reference
My staff and I had seen too many children relegated to what was effectively a second-class education because of their failure at the eleven-plus examination. ". From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
Court of Appeals eleven-plus years out of law school, the ABA rated Easterbrook “qualified/not qualified” even though he had spent four years in the Solicitor General’s office and had argued twenty cases before the Supreme Court. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » On Goldstein On Liu] Reference
eleven-plus, 17. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
"Or rather, an eleven-plus party.". From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Party]
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

