Example sentences of "[verb] school at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the lower an individual 's class position , the more likely he or she is to leave school at the minimum leaving age and the less likely to aspire and strive for a highly rewarded position . |
| 2 | The vast majority of participants have not had previous experience of higher or adult education , and had left school at the minimum age . |
| 3 | I left school at the early age of twelve and a half , my father having died when I was nine . |
| 4 | Official concern was focused mainly upon the bottom forty per cent — those who left school at the minimum age and entered ‘ dead end ’ jobs . |
| 5 | As might be expected women who left school at the minimum age had the largest families , but the best educated were next in line . |
| 6 | A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 . |