Example sentences of "standards it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , by Bible Belt standards it 's the filthiest book imaginable . |
| 2 | If we start with the Financial Times well by their standards it 's not a good result er , but again let's get it in context , the newspaper 's trading margin is just , just under ten percent , it 's er it 's about nine point six percent er , and on the circulation front they 've done well in market share terms where we 've marginally improved our our market share in the quality market . |
| 3 | ( A couple of drunks do eventually square up in the third base bleachers , but by Stamford Bridge standards it is almost a mating ritual ) . |
| 4 | The Sun is certainly 5000 million years old , and by stellar standards it is no more than middle-aged ; not for another 5000 million years at least will anything drastic happen to it , so that we on Earth have a long reprieve ( unless , of course , we decide to indulge in another major war , which would not destroy the world but would certainly wipe out the human race ) . |
| 5 | He is right : by both Mughal and French standards it is a large but hardly dramatic garden . |
| 6 | ‘ Beyond that the company is introducing , and indeed educating people to the better standards it is creating , not only in the UK , but world-wide . |
| 7 | Since the SSL had received an increasing number of enquiries about standards , and as BSI now places restrictions on the type of standards it is willing to lend , the SSL now has complete sets of the Standards of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ( IEEE ) and the American Society for Testing of Materials ( ASTM ) , and Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique ( CCITT ) blue books . |
| 8 | It is also emphasised that in applying accounting standards it is necessary to be guided by the spirit and the reasoning behind them , as set out in individual standards and in the ASB 's Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting . |
| 9 | In addition to reading the quality standards it is useful to refer to Best Practice , published by the Law Society and its current Office Manual ( which is intended to be sufficient to enable small firms to comply with the practice management standard ) . |