Example sentences of "set the [adj] standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creative , determined to set the highest standards . |
| 2 | Under pressure from the American government , the three rival consortia developing four systems to set the technical standard for high-definition television provisionally agreed to combine those systems . |
| 3 | The government wants to set the technical standards of Poland 's public network and to retain the power to set ceilings on consumer prices . |
| 4 | Editor , — Is it not time for the BMJ to set the same standards for the drug advertisements it carries as it does for scientific papers ? |
| 5 | MONIE : Set the highest standard in Britain |
| 6 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 7 | One other major development in the sixties was the founding of the Society 's headquarters at Balham and it was largely Edith 's housewifely flair and innate good sense that set the high standard and ordered the smooth running of what was inevitably a labour-intensive project . |
| 8 | Professor Williams believes that the decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Morgan sets the correct standard of knowledge . |
| 9 | The test of difficulty in setting the appropriate standard of care poses problems . |
| 10 | The courts will clearly require expert evidence in setting the appropriate standard . |
| 11 | A self-proclaimed poineer and the ‘ first man to go the whole hog ’ with his business , the Wild Boar Company , he was all for setting the strictest standards of breeds , offering a product aimed at the ‘ luxury end ’ of the market . |
| 12 | But , people , both like the Royal Family , do be er , veterans of debauchery , and at the same time setting the highest standards . |
| 13 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 14 | Together , IBM and Microsoft set the technical standards that helped fuel the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1980s : ‘ IBM-compatible ’ hardware and Microsoft 's DOS operating-system software , the basic program needed to run any computer . |
| 15 | We aim to recruit the best people , give them the best training , set the best standards , establish quality assurance and maintain a system of peer review within our firms and through our national institutes . |
| 16 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 17 | The selector in 1970 , and until 1985 , was Elaine Moss , who set the high standards which her successor , Julia Eccleshare , continued . |