Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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His first encounter with the examiners, in "Classical Moderations," was only partially successful.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
He was educated at Marlborough and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was president of the Union Society, and graduated with first classes in Moderations and Final Schools.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
He had managed to achieve a second class in Moderations, and he had now in view a term of cricket whose energy might fortunately be crowned with a blue.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
With my first in Moderations I might find some post as an usher in a small school.
From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
In 1876 he took a First Class in Classical Moderations, always a sufficient proof of sound learning, and, in 1878, he took a First Class in Literae Humaniores.
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur
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