Example sentences of "standard [verb] by [art] " in BNC.

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1 Thus it is of considerable interest to ascertain if English law mandated this result and , if it did , whether , yet again , our legal practices fall below the minimum standards prescribed by the European Convention .
2 Standards developed by the Languages Lead Body will be incorporated into National Certificate Modules , which will continue to be offered at five levels of difficulty .
3 These awards , which can be achieved through either a workplace or a National Certificate route , are based on the standards developed by the Administration Lead Body .
4 Out of the total number of applicants , the rigorous standards applied by the Brigade meant that only around 20 were successful in the long run .
5 In a substantial proportion of cases dischargers normally display little or no objection to the standards imposed by the agency , as a result of preparatory work in negotiations conducted by the field officer together with , in more important cases , his area supervisor .
6 To make sure that these components met the quality standards needed by the main plant , the company despatched , at its own expense , what they described to us with only mild exaggeration as ‘ a regiment of engineers ’ from Detroit , some of whom stayed down in Brazil for months advising the subcontractors on how to meet the company 's standards .
7 They can succeed only if they fit in with similar international plans ; in the Netherlands ' case , with the standards agreed by the European Community to which it belongs , and that applies particularly to vehicles .
8 My hon. Friend has illustrated powerfully the double standards employed by the Government to deal with ordinary people and those in the City .
9 This means that the Board will have issued exposure drafts for 10 of the 11 standards affected by the Statement of Intent .
10 Once this package is confirmed , the Board will be well placed to fulfil its present plan to complete revised standards for those standards affected by the Statement of Intent by the end of 1993 .
11 Protection of air quality in pristine areas is also achieved through the use of visibility standards introduced by the EPA in 1984 for 33 states and one territory ( the Virgin Islands ) in which national parks and wilderness areas are deemed to need visibility protection as mandated by the 1977 Clean Air Amendments .
12 The most important thing to check is that the instructors operate to standards set by the Royal Yachting Association , the governing body for the sport .
13 Unfortunately , as we found with the 500SL , the steering fails to meet the standards set by the rest of the chassis .
14 I 'm afraid we did not measure up to the standards set by the well-hung Spanish men who drifted around with flies bulging to the point of bursting their buttons .
15 The 1834 breed standards set by the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society and drawn up by distinguished island breeders showed parti-coloured engravings of the breed but made no reference to the colour of the coat as no importance was attached to such a superficial factor ; however , the light-coloured muzzle ring was specified , and a deep orange colour within the ears , while the skin was of a ‘ good ’ colour .
16 The establishment of the idea that the telling of the truth is thus subject to standards set by the use of a volume which is part history and part fiction , is almost tantamount to condoning the telling of untruths when the ritual is omitted , or at least making it much easier to justify such behaviour .
17 The 1893 Act allowed institutions a Parliamentary grant per pupil , but only if the institution/asylum met the standards set by the periodic visits of Her Majesty 's Inspector , so in order to meet these standards and obtain their grants , schools had to improve on the conditions in which the pupils were taught .
18 If someone 's performance is not up to the standards set by the injunctions , no allowances are made , even if they are doing their best to cope with severe or even impossible demands .
19 This does not imply that this sociological approach would not be interested in the influences which inhibit some parents from looking after their children in a manner which lives up to the standards set by the rest of society .
20 They do not only meet the minimum standards laid down by the English Tourist Board but the even higher standards set by the Brighton and Hove Accommodation Standards Joint Committee ( see the Tourist Charter information on page ii ) .
21 But so too have been the threats , for not all were able to respond adequately to the new standards set by the leaders .
22 The Sheep Variable Premium Scheme involves the assessment of live sheep or carcases against standards set by the UK Government and forming part of the EC Sheep meat regime .
23 Those whose training programmes reached the standards set by the board would be exempted part of the levy .
24 He is delighted when your system of study and preparation checkmates the standards set by the College and allows you to progress .
25 Probably the most well-known body in Britain for establishing voluntary standards of quality and reliability is the British Standards Institution , whose famous Kitemark indicates that goods conform to the high standards set by the Institution .
26 to comply with environmental standards set by the European Community and the Forth River Purification Board
27 His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it .
28 His responsibility is to ensure that a particular package has achieved the quality standards set by the project which is using it .
29 Small hospitals incinerators do not have to comply with the latest emission standards set by the Department of Environment until 1996 .
30 Hughes argues that part of the reason why the former communist bloc is portrayed as highly polluted is the unrealistic safety standards set by the governments of the states themselves , which are far more stringent than those of the EC and USA .
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