tertiary bursary

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NZ a noncompetitive award granted to all pupils who have passed a university entrance examination

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Words nearby tertiary bursary

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How to use tertiary bursary in a sentence

But forget about the tertiary side characters, the main players are also saddled with catastrophically absurd stories as well.
NBC’s ‘Smash’: Weak Writing, Terrible Characters, and Painful Subplots|Jace Lacob|March 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
My only consolation is the knowledge that the speaker is entirely secondary (or tertiary) to the proceedings.
My Commencement Address|Christopher Buckley|May 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The tertiary stage commonly begins from three to four years after the primary infection.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The lesions of the tertiary stage may cause great destruction of tissues and very grave consequences.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

The bones of the face are frequently attacked in the tertiary stage and they rot away.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Many physicians hold that in the tertiary stage the disease is not transmissible, but that statement is not true.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Tertiary Colours are three only, citrine, russet, and olive.
Field's Chromatography|George Field