Example sentences of "[vb base] school at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What should I do if I leave school at eleven thirty because I 've got a dental appointment ? |
| 2 | There has been a particular concentration on measures for young people to the extent that many who leave school at sixteen can expect up to two years in government schemes which combine work experience with training . |
| 3 | Teachers no doubt have suspected it , and maybe known it for themselves , but it is a fact that a large number of children at present leave school at sixteen knowing less mathematics than when they entered at eleven . |
| 4 | Many fewer people leave school at 16 than did when the examinations were introduced ; and more every year are being encouraged to stay at school or to leave only to go to sixth-form college , college of further education , or wherever else they may receive education that will lead to a higher accreditation . |
| 5 | A small minority of young people now leave school at 16 to go directly into employment . |
| 6 | If you leave school at 16 the training should be at least to the standard of YTS . |
| 7 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 8 | ‘ I would try and turn my hand to anything but it must be very hard if you leave school at 15 . ’ |
| 9 | A quarter of the pupils in independent schools change school at sixteen , and an ‘ independent sixth-form college ’ is becoming a popular option . |
| 10 | An academic year has three terms and children enter school at various stages in that year . |