Example sentences of "up [prep] standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time that you were ready to go up into Standard Three , you had to be proficient to the twelve times table but it did not stop there for later on you had measurement , area , weight and many others . |
| 2 | The Cambridge philosopher of religion on the board refused to vote for Ramsey for he did not think his work up to standard — the Cambridge philosophers never forgave the ‘ irrationality ’ which was a streak in his first and most original book . |
| 3 | And there were reports from many parts of the Reich that ‘ a newsreel without pictures of the Führer was not regarded as up to standard ’ . |
| 4 | If a school is under-performing , the commission , which will be answerable to Parliament , will have the powers to ensure that it is brought up to standard . |
| 5 | Clearly , serious efforts were being made to bring the new Court up to standard , though Malmesbury thought there was still a way to go before all would be consolidated : |
| 6 | Only forty-nine farm schools had secondary classes , of which no more than five went up to Standard Seven ( nine school grades ) and nation-wide there was only one full secondary farm school . |
| 7 | All hotels now have to satisfy a local fire officer that their precautions are up to standard before they can do business . |
| 8 | If they are not up to standard then the supplier is in breach of his contract with you and you are entitled to your money back . |
| 9 | His reading was up to standard for Mrs Hartridge 's class and his writing was progressing well . |
| 10 | Demands for capital are still high until our infrastructure is up to standard ; that is why we are not all as rich as some would like to make out . |
| 11 | The 80 sheets that require partial revision , are primarily those for which the quality of survey of part of the sheet is known to be so unreliable that that part needs to be resurveyed to bring the whole sheet up to standard . |
| 12 | Pakistan hit back with claims that the England umpires were not up to standard , repeating calls for neutral officials in future . |
| 13 | ‘ Build up to standard , not down to a price ’ was the motto of the Strand Theater Company , who had now so dramatically brought about the movie 's coming of age in Chicago . |
| 14 | Seconded to each enterprise and design bureau , they are empowered to reject , at factory expense , production which is not up to standard . |
| 15 | The appearance of such systems , often in advance of any Western equivalent , usually generates flurries of excitement , yet early versions tend to possess rudimentary capabilities , and effective variants may take considerable time to emerge as the component technologies are brought up to standard . |
| 16 | ( One notable exception is the University of London , which recently issued guidelines on what was acceptable in a house officer 's post and warned that jobs failing to come up to standard would not be recognised . ) |
| 17 | Performance up to standard ( PERFORM ) |
| 18 | There were five successes in the Oxford Local Examinations , well up to standard . |
| 19 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 20 | That worked very well indeed er over a period of what twelve to eighteen months , the whole street , which was mainly residential , was brought up to standard up to a higher standard , simply by providing new fronts . |
| 21 | Once the forms are in , then they lose their amateur status and probationary members are on trial to make sure their play is up to standard . |
| 22 | " The performance was well up to standard . |
| 23 | Under such automated systems and automated quality controls , the production line will be stopped if performance is not up to standard . |
| 24 | After the new student experiences his first free sparring fight , he returns to his daily training with an intensified ardour , determined to correct his shortcomings in order to get his fighting application up to standard for the next sparring session . |
| 25 | There are many standard ways of making disapproval obvious in an oblique way ( not up to quota , not up to standard , disappointing , seem unable to match performance of competitor , there must be a problem somewhere , etc. ) which may be less offensive than the direct method — but may also be less effective . |
| 26 | This equipped the students to teach up to standard 6 , an extra three years of schooling . |
| 27 | However , there are two people I would particularly like to thank ; Fiona Stead for her professionalism , understanding and support , from our initial meeting to the handover period , and Laura Goodwin [ both from Office Cleaning Thornton Heath ] , who with her team has successfully brought these premises up to standard , their efforts have not gone unnoticed ! ’ |
| 28 | It 's only likely to cause a problem if they think my work is n't going to be up to standard . |
| 29 | ‘ If they 're up to standard and I like them , I 'll use them — simple as that . ’ |
| 30 | The inspections will be carried out at local level by independent inspectors who will be registered with Her Majesty 's Inspectorate , which will withdraw the registration of inspectors who are not up to standard . |