Example sentences of "[adj -er] standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | That so few boilers in the UK would have met the tougher standards would have provided an excellent opportunity for new , cost-reducing investment . |
| 2 | According to the OTA , US emissions of carbon dioxide could decrease by 35 per cent within 25 years by introducing taxes on energy consumption and tougher standards to promote energy efficiency . |
| 3 | In some cases , for example the smoke pollution which used to be especially acute in winter when smoke and fog mixed to produce dense and harmful ‘ smog ’ , tougher standards have led to dramatic improvements in environmental quality . |
| 4 | Under the European Community legislation , one could have tougher standards in national law without any difficulty . |
| 5 | Agreement in principle on these standards was reached in December 1990 but formal approval was held up by attempts to introduce tougher standards . |
| 6 | The measures were intended to bring standards for heavy commercial vehicles into line with regulations governing car exhaust emissions , on which tougher standards had been agreed in principle in December 1990 and were approved in June 1991 [ see p. 38297 ; for other environmental issues see pp. 37784 ; 38258 ] . |
| 7 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 8 | The commission believes that tougher standards on fuels and engines should be introduced by the government at the earliest possible date to provide an incentive to the transport industry . |
| 9 | Further standards of service are set out in the Jobseeker 's Charter , including the time people may have to wait to be seen and the time taken to answer the telephone . |
| 10 | This may suit the trend to treat education as a local activity but quality assurance needs a comparison with broader standards . |
| 11 | Viewed in this light hard look appears as a movement away from the earlier ‘ kid glove ’ approach of the American courts to the tougher standard which we have had in the United Kingdom for over 100 years . |
| 12 | Fewer than 30 of Britain 's 450 designated bathing beaches passed the tougher standard last summer . |
| 13 | Furthermore , unoperated controls should be included in every experiment as a further standard with which to compare experimental embryos and as a routine screen of the culture system . |
| 14 | By later standards they were rather slow cars , but the trucks gave a smooth ride on straight track . |
| 15 | Although a small engagement by later standards , this battle at Gumbinnen , and the fact that Samsonov 's encircling movement to the south had been detected , induced Prittwitz to call off the action . |
| 16 | What must have surprised him , as it still surprises us , was the sheer variety of court life , its different rhythms , its stately ceremonial in buildings still primitive both by Carolingian and later standards , and the unique character bestowed on each court by the personality of its prince . |
| 17 | ‘ Mansions ’ seems a slight exaggeration , since the cottages , two-up , two-down , were small by later standards , and the ‘ little train' would need to be minute . |
| 18 | Indeed it is well known that societies which were very poor , by all later standards , allotted very significant time , energy and resources to the production of what would now be distinguished as art-objects . |
| 19 | England was still an underpopulated country by later standards . |
| 20 | By forges Defoe meant cutlers ' smithies ; it appeared to him that Sheffield already had a pronounced industrial character , and though it was very small by later standards it struck him as being ‘ very populous and large ’ . |
| 21 | By later standards and by those of their middle- and upper-class contemporaries , most labouring people were poor . |
| 22 | However , enormous as these migrations were , they were still modest by later standards . |
| 23 | ( The left-hand tailplane was modified to a later standard and showed no signs of distress or incipient failure . ) |
| 24 | The Department of the Environment ( DoE ) had foreseen difficulties with the Directive , and now asked the Department of Health for advice on nitrate levels , most probably so that the UK could argue for laxer standards . |
| 25 | Improve tenants ' rights to better standards of repair and maintenance in the public and private sectors . |
| 26 | Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . |
| 27 | It would be hypocritical to assert that the public sector provides better standards . |
| 28 | Am I naive or snobbish in thinking that better standards ought to be enforced by the employers ? |
| 29 | They said : ‘ Most schools continued to achieve satisfactory or better standards in reading at the age of five . |
| 30 | If you are also thinking of replacing your heating system , having better standards of insulation may also mean that you can specify a less powerful ( and less expensive ) boiler . |