Indeed, now that there was no external examination to look forward to, the pressure on the child may be said to have automatically relaxed itself.
The time given to religious instruction is, to make a general statement, the only part of the session in which the children are being prepared for a formal external examination.
Examplesofexternal examination
external examination
Anexternalexaminationof the host's surface for ectoparasites preceded the examination for metacercarial cysts.
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These mice are viable and do not show any functional impairment uponexternalexamination.
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However, as we shall illustrate, the main site in which gender roles are created and re-formed, the home, is excluded from anyexternalexaminationor debate in current consultations.
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I do not think we are getting the full, rounded education in the senior secondary schools, and that is because of theexternalexamination.
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Yes, it is, very largely by the presence of theexternalexamination.
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Experience of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks has amply shown that animals can be affected and yet present no symptoms that can be detected onexternalexamination.
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It appears from the regulations that we accept the exporter's certificate unless fromexternalexaminationthere is something wrong.
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It must only be for secondary schools—it is anexternalexamination.
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What is there to fear from opening our decisions toexternalexamination?
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Surely the masters themselves are the best judges of when boys are suitable for taking theexternalexamination.
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However, anexternalexaminationis a useful measurement of a child's achievement.
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I have come to the conclusion that anexternalexaminationwould be no bad thing.
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Theexternalexaminationpass rate is well above the national average.
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This order does not abolish theexternalexamination, but merely modifies it.
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There ought to be noexternalexaminationtests in these schools at all; that is these intermediate schools.
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