Adjective : a career formerly open only to Oxbridge graduates; to voice the proper Oxbridge sentiments. From Dictionary.com.
Those of my friends that went onto Oxbridge changed schools, repeated their A levels and managed to get important grades to take them to Oxbridge. From Wordnik.com. [Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
And your thing about Oxbridge is somewhat outdated. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Culture and Size and Scope of Government] Reference
Went to Oxbridge, is treated as an axiomatic 'bad thing'. From Wordnik.com. [The Ming Dynasty] Reference
Now even young, college-age Britons are pro-Tory now; a recent survey had Tory support in Oxbridge about 15% ahead of Labour. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Doing It With Twitter] Reference
Posted in Oxbridge, Polytechnics, Vocational Courses. From Wordnik.com. [Polytechnics challenge out of touch Tory educational polices… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings…] Reference
3 Despite rigorous reverse discrimination the proportion of students from under privileged backgrounds entering Oxbridge is declining annually. From Wordnik.com. [Priestly Castes and Political Exclusion] Reference
Providing universities the reign to do this, will see the elite universities such as Oxbridge charging what they like. From Wordnik.com. [A misguided view of social inequality and higher education… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings…] Reference
Bank and Trust SCC ( "Oxbridge"), located at Chelston Park, Collymore. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Michelle Williams mulls over Marilyn Monroe movie part] Reference
It is not necessary to continue the war of "Oxbridge" and the "Redbricks". From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
Nov. 24/PRNewswire/- Oxbridge Bank and Trust SCC ( "Oxbridge"), located at Chelston Park. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Nov. 30/PRNewswire/- Oxbridge Bank and Trust SCC ( "Oxbridge"), located at Chelston Park. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As Woolf literally glides across the lawns of "Oxbridge," she can be both funny and angry in the same phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Ecstatic Days] Reference
The glamour-boy duo, Cameron and Clegg, come from similar privileged backgrounds - top public schools and "Oxbridge". From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
I particularly like it when photos of them from some university called "Oxbridge" turn up and you see them looking like extras from a Merchant Ivory film. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
This is just a peculiarity of the Oxbridge system. From Wordnik.com. [How to Overthrow the Government] Reference
Oxbridge calculates and maintains the rates of the Automobile. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Oxbridge had his school, his faithful band of friends and his rivals. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Hi Phil, I hardly see what Oxbridge has to do with Orthodox conversions. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I sent my 1950's 'School Certificate' to Oxbridge and they gave me a 1st Class Honours Degree!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
He was a prime example of the literate, Oxbridge type of director who flourished in the postwar era. From Wordnik.com. [David William obituary] Reference
The times of the various trials, too, have in every instance given a distinct advantage to Oxbridge. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891] Reference
Moreover, the steering of the Oxbridge coxwain is infinitely preferable to the steering of his rival. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891] Reference
The whole Oxbridge mentality leaves a lot to be desired for its inculcating such intellectual snobbery. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Repeated differences with the university authorities caused Mr. Foker to quit Oxbridge in an untimely manner. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
For decades, the best, brightest and richest typically chose between Oxbridge and America's top universities. From Wordnik.com. [Wanted: Foreigners] Reference
Henry was a character, caught between worlds, sometimes speaking in an Oxbridge accent, sometimes dropping into Pidgin. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
Sometimes it was silly, sometimes brainy, with lots of smarty-pants allusions fueled by the Pythons 'Oxbridge educations. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloody Good Show] Reference
Some have the talent for Oxbridge and others only for secondary school, do you really think the latter should be excluded?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Oxbridge, and we may be sure that the Major on his part was very glad to have discharged his duty, and to have the duty over. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
SHUBET: All strange but actual questions asked at admission interviews to Oxbridge as the two universities are collectively know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2008] Reference
Oxbridge, with its four vast quadrangles, and its beautiful hall and gardens, and the Georgians, as the men are called wear gowns of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Compared with the thick southern drawl coming from the speaker, his polished Oxbridge English sounds as refined as drawing room French. From Wordnik.com. [The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory] Reference
Yup, Oxbridge and Ivy Leaguers, masters degree holders, widely published journos, mathmeticians, economists - a right bunch of nutjobs. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
It effectively doubled the pool of bright, English-speaking students from which Oxbridge and the University of London were able to draw. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
The school syllabus means that students sacrifice the number of GCSEs they do, but still 10% go to Oxbridge and 70% to music conservatoires. From Wordnik.com. [Which school should I choose?] Reference
Major, had he been awake, might have heard a score of such ejaculations uttered by Pen as he lay awake and restless through the first night of his residence at Oxbridge. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
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