1.   In this case the Project becomes a temporary centre and they sit the exams there.

2.   She was still at school, and sat her exams when she was four or five months pregnant.

3.   Eventually, thanks to some officials in the ministry, my son was allowed to sit the exam as a private candidate.

4.   His parents said they believed their son was sitting an exam at the school that day.

5.   Some schools make children sit frequent exams which they have to pay for, or charge fees for everything from tuition and textbooks to air-conditioned classrooms and new buildings.

6.   The new system is already creating psychological problems for students who will sit the exams next year.

7.   Thousands of Nepalese teenagers sat final exams Tuesday amid tight security after Maoist rebels agreed to postpone a general strike that would have coincided with the tests.

8.   Party membership was often a prerequisite for promotions, sitting exams or holding jobs in the military, the judiciary or the civil service.