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- noun Plural form of
A* .
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Examples
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He said he had interviewed two girls, one with two As and a B at A-level and another with all A*s and As.
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Celebrating a new baby, a promotion at work or straight A*s in your GCSEs is incomplete without a plate of mithai (sweets).
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There are students with a raft of A*s who are "no brighter" than others who look "less brilliant" on paper, he said.
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My daughter, who received the middle level of EMA and attended the local comprehensive, attained three A*s and one A at A-level.
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John Newton, headteacher of Taunton school, a public school in Somerset, said the proportion of pupils achieving A*s in languages at GCSE and A-level was much smaller than it was in other subjects.
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With nine A*s and one A in his GCSEs, he had scored the school's highest-ever set of results.
GCSE results: pupils at one school in shock at record number of A*s 2010
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Tom Daley, the world championship gold medallist who was Britain's youngest competitor in the 2008 Olympics, was awarded five A*s and two As in his GCSEs.
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Nine A*s and an A at GCSE – something to celebrate for both pupil and school
GCSE results: pupils at one school in shock at record number of A*s 2010
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And sitting quietly in a corner, Greg Adams breathed slowly as he concentrated on the contents of his brown envelope, before declaring himself amazed with his haul of two A*s and four As as well as a B in his engineering diploma.
GCSE results: pupils at one school in shock at record number of A*s 2010
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Her sister Lauren achieved 10 A*s last year and has represented England in netball for three years.
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