Example sentences of "set standards [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The subsequent research findings presented to Congress resulted in the Noise Control Act of 1972 ( later expanded into the Quiet Communities Act of 1978 ) which required the EPA to set standards of tolerable noise levels for all types of new equipment and machinery . |
| 2 | Senior officials have a duty to protect junior officials and to set standards for those lower down . |
| 3 | Together with the Reichsjugendgerichtsgesetz ( RJGG , Juvenile Court Act ) of 1923 it tended to replace punitive measures with pedagogical , child-oriented principles and to set standards for national youth departments in every part of the country ( Sachsse and Tennstedt , 1988 , p. 99 ) . |
| 4 | The NCGA , supported by the Government Finance Officers ' Association , was concerned with state and local government ; the Council of State Governments was concerned with state government ; the General Accounting Office of the Federal Government has set standards for federal departments and agencies . |
| 5 | The General Accounting Office continues to cover the Federal Government ; the FASB sets standards for non-governmental , non-profit organizations ; and the GASB deals with state and local government and governmental non-profit organizations . |
| 6 | The authoritative parent affirms the child 's present qualities , but also sets standards for future conduct . |
| 7 | They are setting standards of good practice that we in the Save The Children Fund can then help to spread . |