Example sentences of "[adv] by [art] standards [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere . |
| 2 | Even by the standards of organiser Rod Gunner , the man they call Mr Event , the shows will be spectacular . |
| 3 | Even by the standards of Harry 's yard , Heraldic was no looker , a great , gangling colt with a head and neck that seemed to have been added to his body as an afterthought . |
| 4 | Even by the standards of New York , the primary race for the Democratic presidential nomination has been a shameless charade , with the candidates grotesquely outbidding each other in their hunger for the city 's myriad sectarian votes . |
| 5 | Tethlis was cold and ruthless , even by the standards of Elves . |
| 6 | Our power of prediction would be poor even by the standards of weather forecasts . |
| 7 | But this was the only positive outcome of an otherwise peculiarly negative and dismal phase , even by the standards of Northern Irish history . |
| 8 | Even by the standards of Pakistan 's lively politics , it was an unusual event . |
| 9 | There were some cottage industries which came to take up part of the " space " left by factory spinning , such as straw-hat making and lace making , but they were more localised and tended even by the standards of hand spinning to be low-paid . |