Example sentences of "set [adj] standards for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) The Residential Environment Bill would enable residents to set minimum standards for existing suburbs , although racially discriminatory measures would be excluded . |
| 3 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 4 | Basil did not preach on such matters ; he simply set high standards for teachers to emulate . |
| 5 | One explanation is that Uganda 's two most prominent leaders in the recent past were Idi Amin and Milton Obote , both of whom set worldwide standards for venality and corruption . |
| 6 | But an explanation by Loganair to passengers waiting for a flight in Stornoway yesterday set new standards for bizarre apologies . |
| 7 | The committee charged with looking into the habits of the EBRD , which last year spent more on itself than on helping ex-communist countries , has set strict standards for the inquiry . |
| 8 | John Pople has set new standards for quantum mechanics , theoretical chemists , and for the general chemistry community . |
| 9 | Organization was the key to successful and rapid mobilization , and the Prussian army had set new standards for all armies by its performances against Austria and France . |
| 10 | When considering our relationships with Europe , will the Minister explain to the CBI why agreeing to a social charter which gives protection to the young employed , gives equal status to part-time workers and sets decent standards for maternity leave should be a barrier to prosperity , given the experience of France and of Germany ? |
| 11 | The scheme offers compensation to travellers for late and cancelled trains , and sets minimum standards for service . |
| 12 | Hewlett Packard has launched the LaserJet 4 , a 600 dots per inch network printer which sets new standards for print quality and ease of use , and yet costs no more than a current LaserJet 3 . |
| 13 | The 600 dpi print resolution sets new standards for laser printing ( although whether most people would be able to tell the difference between , say , 400 dpi and 600 dpi is another matter ) . |
| 14 | Director of Studies : ‘ Setting high standards for the best will pull the others along . ’ |
| 15 | Director of Studies : ‘ Setting high standards for the best will pull the others along . ’ |
| 16 | Setting impossible standards for others to follow . |
| 17 | The workshop participants rightly urge caution in setting national standards for outpatient waiting times , in favour of targets which could ‘ allow differential rates of progress . ’ |
| 18 | A new international organisation , the Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC ) , has been set up by environmental groups with the aim of setting worldwide standards for good forest management . |
| 19 | The British Venture Capital Association , for example , is currently looking towards setting common standards for measuring performance . |
| 20 | A Community directive setting minimum standards for the welfare of veal calves was agreed by majority vote at the October Agriculture Council . |
| 21 | The proposals , put forward by the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment , include increasing the duty on petrol , increasing vehicle excise duty in line with engine size , reducing value-added tax on fuel-saving equipment , setting minimum standards for energy efficiency of household appliances , obliging car manufacturers to improve the efficiency of engines , and encouraging the development of combined heat and power generating stations . |
| 22 | He set high standards for writers and Directors , but his over-riding dictate was that televised drama should make plain statements , falsified neither by sentiment nor by doctrinaire belief . |