Moderations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Well, well, for the present I have put you down for the lectures on Pass Moderations.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
With my first in Moderations I might find some post as an usher in a small school.
From The Ship of Stars by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
On November 1st he won a Boulter scholarship, and at the end of the following year obtained First Class Honours in Mathematics and a Second in Classical Moderations.
From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
In 1881, another Board School boy, having received the Greek and Latin certificate from the Universities Examining Board won a classical scholarship at St John’s, Oxford, and afterwards a First Class in Classical Moderations.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
Almost immediately after reaching college I was "in the Schools" for "Moderations," but did very well, as I had employed every available moment in preparing myself.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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