Ofsted's redefinition of satisfactory performance as unsatisfactory had been "both a distortion of the English language and a profoundly depressing judgement for many heads, " he added.

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Gaming performance was found to be satisfactory, though, and while the overall performance seemed fine, the 7200RPM hard drive in their test unit is apparently unavailable in the shipping unit (which holds a 5400RPM drive).

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The experts I've quoted to you say at the very least my overall performance was satisfactory.

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Attracting owners to our organizations and cultivating an ownership mentality in the employees we already have is often the difference between merely satisfactory efforts and great performance.

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Although the overall performance of the euro area has been satisfactory, the divergence among its members is growing.

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They may not be the optimal performance of the organisation, of course, merely a satisfactory one.

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The task of delivering a satisfactory service is complicated by the split between track and train operations with both sides blaming one another for poor performance.

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"Overall the performance figures we have for our Crisis Teams right across the trust indicates that they are performing to a satisfactory level, " he said.

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