Example sentences of "standards [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Cadbury recommended that the Accounting Standards Board ( ASB ) and the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) should issue standards for interim presentation and review , the jury is still out on what these standards should contain . |
| 2 | This was doing reasonably well by seventeenth-century standards for recent literature . |
| 3 | Participants will share experiences and compare living standards for retired people throughout the community . |
| 4 | Examples of technology exchanges include the agreement between Hitachi Ltd and Oki Electric Industry Co to align on standards for embedded control chips , and the agreement between Hewlett and Convex Computer Corp to cross-license compiler technologies . |
| 5 | An international body currently working on standards for international data exchange among other things . |
| 6 | In November 1992 , the Languages Lead Body submitted to SCOTVEC and NCVQ the national standards for general language learning purposes . |
| 7 | The patients charter makes it clear that there will be local standards for out-patient appointments , as well as the national standards for general appointments . |
| 8 | The authoritative parent affirms the child 's present qualities , but also sets standards for future conduct . |
| 9 | Safety standards for future nuclear power stations should be set so that risks to the public are ten times smaller than the danger of a road accident , according to new proposals published by the Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) , the British industrial safety regulatory body . |
| 10 | The Occupational Pensions Board , which was set up under the 1973 Social Security Act to monitor and establish minimum standards for private occupational pension schemes , was asked to consider the question of equal status for men and women in occupational pension schemes in 1975 . |
| 11 | This technology is a world 's first for Ciba-Geigy , and the new environmentally friendly system will , the company claims , set the standards for similar installations well into the next century . |
| 12 | Adopt new environmental standards for all buildings , commercial and domestic . |
| 13 | The figure was well below City estimates and one analyst went as far as to say that the detailed announcement ‘ deserves to set the standards for all ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In fact , many countries are signatories to the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention which lay down agreed minimum standards for all their members . |
| 16 | Urgent attention should be given to developing British Standards for all types of closure so that legislation can be brought into force . |
| 17 | ( The Parker Morris Report , Homes for today and tomorrow ( 1961 ) , recommended standards for all new houses , whether public or private , more space and better heating being the overriding considerations : the recommendations were mandatory for New Town housing in 1967 and for local authorities in 1969 , but not for the private sector . ) |
| 18 | Publicising clear standards for all community care services . |
| 19 | Kings Quest VI is far and beyond the best of the series so far the first volumes were original and set the standards for all to follow . |
| 20 | The purpose of the Corporate Finance Manual is to set out the required procedures and technical standards for all Special Engagements . |
| 21 | Growth was fuelled by the introduction of mandatory emissions standards for all new cars sold throughout the EC , although European car sales declined markedly in the last quarter of our financial year . |
| 22 | Most of this growth came in Catalytic Systems Division , where autocatalyst sales increased rapidly in Europe to meet the new emission standards for all new cars sold in the European Community , and in Materials Technology Division which benefited from cost rationalisation and a strong performance from the electronic materials business . |
| 23 | Through co-ordination of international activities , ITS provides an essential link towards achieving consistently high standards for all of United Distillers ' portfolio . |
| 24 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |
| 25 | In 1971 the EPA promulgated NAAQSs for six ‘ criteria ’ pollutants , and the strict legislative timetable required states to submit implementation plans which would achieve primary standards for each pollutant by 1975 , or , if the deadline was extended as the EPA was authorized to do , by 1977 . |
| 26 | The work of our teachers will fall in the Coaching , Teaching & Instructing group , who have to identify over 300 job titles and group them into headings before setting the standards for each job through analysing the Tasks , Skills and Knowledge involved . |
| 27 | The paradigm sets the standards for legitimate work within the science it governs . |
| 28 | The NCGA , supported by the Government Finance Officers ' Association , was concerned with state and local government ; the Council of State Governments was concerned with state government ; the General Accounting Office of the Federal Government has set standards for federal departments and agencies . |
| 29 | All major denominations strove to raise standards for lay preachers ; methods chosen included free circulating libraries and denominational courses and examinations . |
| 30 | Both in Europe and the UK , the BFRC is active in the establishment of standards for flat roofing , giving the industry representation on a number of British Standard and CEN European Technical Committees . |