In the spring, when the streams are swollen by rain and by the melting of the snows, the lake rises several feet above its
ordinary level during the summer, it gradually subsides again, leaving a sparkling zone of the finest salt upon its shores.
I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the
ordinary level, but to whom the
ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other.
"No; by your brilliant and almost sublime conversation you have elevated me above the
ordinary level; we no longer talk, we rise to dissertation.
She had no great talents, no marked traits of character, no peculiar development of feeling or taste which raised her one inch above the
ordinary level of childhood; but neither had she any deficiency or vice which sunk her below it.
There was also a poorer performance in the
ordinary level paper with 1.5% of 14,753 candidates - a 0.1% drop - getting the top grade.
The applicants must have obtained a Leaving Certificate with a grade D3 minimum in five subjects at
ordinary level.
Over 12 000 full-time students failed the Namibian Senior Secondary certificate (NSSC)
Ordinary Level. Some students have dropped out of school due to illnesses; early traditional marriages and others have been forced to look for jobs to support their poor families.
Her subject, Geography is ranked #1 in the higher level and #5 in the
ordinary level nationally.
The General Certificate of Education ( GCE ) at
Ordinary Level ( O-Level ) first separated in1951 , took the place of the School Certificate : it was of a higher standard than the latter At Advance Level ( A Level ), the examination was to be qualifying rather than competitive in nature.