Example sentences of "[noun] set the [adj] standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Professor Williams believes that the decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Morgan sets the correct standard of knowledge . |
| 5 | But , people , both like the Royal Family , do be er , veterans of debauchery , and at the same time setting the highest standards . |