Example sentences of "[vb base] the standard " in BNC.
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| 1 | Review the standard of library facilities . |
| 2 | Aussies Raise the Standard |
| 3 | AUSSIES RAISE THE STANDARD |
| 4 | This must be the decade in which we raise the standard of all our public services , up to and beyond the best we see today . |
| 5 | During her time in Carlisle , the Association , as part of BDA Week 1985 , which focused on deaf education , published a Declaration of the Educational Rights and Needs of Deaf Children and a report Raise the Standard — the case for improving deaf children 's education . |
| 6 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 7 | Some Sri Lankans were able to take advantage of employment opportunities brought about by increased government expenditure , but the high inflation rate of the war years cut the standard of living of many Sri Lankans . |
| 8 | It 's interesting how when you know , we meet the standard , nobody can take it i notice it really . |
| 9 | The Consumer Guarantees Bill 1990 , would have included in the present s14(2) of SGA 1979 and its equivalent provisions under SOGIT 1973 ( as substituted by Sched 4 to CCA 1974 ) and the SGSA 1982 , the following provision which is worth setting out in full since it received Government approval and is likely to be re-introduced in the near future : ( 2A ) For the purposes of this Act , goods are of satisfactory quality if they meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory , taking account of any description of the goods , the price ( if relevant ) and all the other relevant circumstances . |
| 10 | You know the standard . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Any drawing must be large enough to be clearly seen and also set the standard for items produced by the learner . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | This has now become the standard internationally recognised format of the final report ( see chapter 3 , page 34 ) . |
| 19 | When it comes to clothes and the British high street , I think the standard has dropped radically in the last five years . |
| 20 | ‘ We had a similar set-up some years ago and if it were reintroduced I think the standard of the women 's game would rise ’ . |
| 21 | Manager Frank Gray said : ‘ I think the standard of the Third Division is higher than a lot of people expected . |
| 22 | It is not surprising to find that the widespread species have been used extensively to correlate rocks between different continents — they form the standard for the Silurian period , where the graptolite faunas are nearly the same all over the world . |
| 23 | ( v ) All unattributed quotations are from BT , but in this chapter and thereafter all quotations from the book follow the standard ( 1874 ) text . " |
| 24 | Price Waterhouse is testing its ‘ START ’ scheme , which should reduce the number of graduates but increase the standard they are trained to . |
| 25 | The contractors would n't be interviewed but said they check the standard of food every day and they are n't aware of any dissatisfaction amongst the kitchen staff . |
| 26 | As more and more companies achieve the standard it will not be too long before BS5750 is practically obligatory . |
| 27 | This can threaten the best interests of conservation of both the natural and the built environment , undermine the quality of the visitor 's experience and jeopardise the standard of life of the indigenous communities . |
| 28 | It will support the Government if they lead , provide the vision and deliver at Maastricht an agreement and draft treaty proposals that will give the people we represent the standard of living , the incomes and the prosperity that they deserve . |
| 29 | All you have to do is complete our survey to help us , Rombouts Coffee and the Hairdressing Training Board establish the standard of customer care in Britain 's hairdressing salons . |