Example sentences of "set the standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which presents enthusiasts of Rossi 's work with a dreadful dilemma : we want to see more and more of his photographs that set the standard for aerial work , equally we 're convinced that his sub-aqua images would be equally ravishing . |
| 2 | From the 1850s , with stations moving to inner-city sites , station hotels assumed palatial aspects and the railway companies set the standard for others to follow . |
| 3 | Any drawing must be large enough to be clearly seen and also set the standard for items produced by the learner . |
| 4 | To make matters worse , Olga was also the secretary of the Noble Order of Lady Queen Bees — a pack of overdressed snobs , groaned Mrs Frizzell , whose members set the standard for every social event in the city . |
| 5 | While Louise Newman 's cataloguing continues set the standard for European auctions , Christie 's Plc should be chastised for not producing a single owner catalogue that will become a standard reference . |
| 6 | For example , some assume that mastery is an all-or-nothing state and set the standard at 100 per cent although there is some flexibility depending on the nature of the errors made , if these are few . |
| 7 | Because such houses set the standard , those who write upon architecture in the eighteenth century and Regency invariably regard houses of moderate size for more limited means as a scaling down of the houses of the great . |