Example sentences of "standard [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall trend in peasant living standards during the period is hotly disputed . |
| 2 | We will set four new standards for a better service to : |
| 3 | In yet another report , Lord Hunt of Tamworth ignored the vital issue of technical standards for a future cabling system . |
| 4 | On 20 April , Kenneth Baker , the minister for information technology , discussed in a lecture in Birmingham the standards for a cable system . |
| 5 | It runs a League , and is involved in establishing criteria for judging standards for a series of compulsory figures . |
| 6 | The incomparable off-roader , its restyled interior also sets new luxury standards for a leisure vehicle — they 're fully up to the rich appointments of a Mercedes-Benz saloon . |
| 7 | So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . |
| 8 | However , the overall rise masked a decline in living standards for a minority ( O'Higgins , 1989 ) . |
| 9 | The early consequences have been devastating — a rapid fall in GDP , large-scale unemployment , sharply declining living standards for a large part of the population , the loss of important social rights , and the emergence of extreme inequality — and the mood that prevailed in 1989 , of entering joyfully into a £ brave new world , has given way to disillusionment and hostility . |
| 10 | How he can use that phrase when living standards for a married man on average earnings with two children have risen by about 35 per cent . |
| 11 | Amnesty International , which described Guzmán as a " political prisoner " , also expressed concern over whether the proceedings met international standards for a fair trial . |
| 12 | This resulted in attempts to determine European standards for a large range of products . |
| 13 | ‘ working parties ’ e.g. setting standards for a common structure to e-mail messages and other documentation used across the Internet ; |
| 14 | The hobbling of trade unions , the abolition of wages councils , and the refusal to legislate for minimum pay levels demonstrate that John Major is quite willing to oversee the worsening of living standards for a large part of the population . |
| 15 | This group , under the chairmanship of Dr Toni Eden , has been drafting standards for every service that is likely to be piped down a British cable system . |
| 16 | Creating common standards for every individual throughout the Community is also a vital plank of our campaign against racism and xenophobia . |
| 17 | Delegates at the UN in Geneva had hoped to set standards for every aspect of environment and development . |
| 18 | When wider bandwidth networking became available , the ability to move graphical information quickly around a network brought the cental multi user processor concept into the wimps era , and this has required clearly defined standards for the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) . |
| 19 | • Friends of the Earth has slated new European standards for the control of diesel vehicle emissions as ‘ too weak ’ . |
| 20 | The Anglo-French Intergovernmental Commission , which sets safety and security standards for the project , announced the decision after receiving advice from the Tunnel Safety Authority . |
| 21 | Never before has there been such open abuse of power by those who are supposed to set standards for the people . |
| 22 | The NRA will introduce legally binding water quality standards for the first time for all types of water under its control ( rivers , canals and estuaries ) . |
| 23 | We will press for higher EC standards for the keeping of battery hens and for the care of animals in transit . |
| 24 | If a government wants to impose standards for the efficiency of new buildings , then it must also ensure that the materials are available , and that people are trained to use them . |
| 25 | Given the implications for all professionals of product liability , quality matters more than ever before — and that is why standards for the industry are important . |
| 26 | The 1986 Standards for the public library service in Scotland are slightly more generous , recommending that the ‘ annual addition to adult lending stock of books and audio-visual materials should be 280 items per 1,000 population ’ . |
| 27 | Cleaning standards for the kitchen . |
| 28 | British Rail 's standards for the maximum speed that trains could round bends were based on tests done on a branch line in North Wales with a tank engine in 1949 . |
| 29 | THIS MONTH the government will publish both a policy White Paper and a draft of technical standards for the cabling of Britain in the next two or three years . |
| 30 | His name was G Clifford Trout Jnr and his self-appointed task took the form of a crusade for animal and human welfare , by imposing morally acceptable standards for the nation 's livestock . |