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Example sentences for "standard"

Lexicographically close words:
stanchions; stanchly; stanchness; stand; standand; standardisation; standardise; standardised; standardising; standardization
  1. The tape will play on all standard recorders and comes recorded at a speed of 3¾ IPS.

  2. She had used a standard eye closure technique, requesting him to look at a spinning hypnodisc that I had previously used with him every time he was in the office.

  3. The sizes of the needles are given according to the Standard Filiere.

  4. Is this measure in accordance with the spirit and teachings of Jesus as the author of the greatest standard of life known to men?

  5. What would become of business if this standard was adopted?

  6. Clark, what in your honest opinion is the right standard for determining conduct?

  7. So much was involved in the discontinuance of the Sunday edition that for the first time he almost decided to refuse to be guided by the standard of Jesus' probable action.

  8. Grandmother, you know we promised to make that the standard of our conduct for a year.

  9. It was no secret that the NEWS had lost enormously since it had been governed by the standard of "What would Jesus do?

  10. Is our standard of Christian discipleship a wrong one?

  11. The standard of Christian action cannot vary in most of our acts.

  12. The standard of their discipleship is, I am aware, not of a nature to respond to the call of suffering or personal loss.

  13. Is the only right standard for every one, the probable action of Jesus Christ?

  14. The standard of Jesus for an author was too ideal.

  15. Why--yes--I suppose if you put it on the ground of what men ought to do there is no other standard of conduct.

  16. Now, in acting on this standard of conduct I have reached a conclusion which will, no doubt, cause some surprise.

  17. This form of engine was built occasionally during the succeeding quarter of a century, but only became a recognized standard type after the close of the epoch to the history of which this chapter is devoted.

  18. In the construction of the machinery of the mill, many improvements upon the then standard practice were introduced, including cast-iron gearing with carefully-formed teeth and iron framing.

  19. At about the same time he built the now standard form of return tubular boilers for moderate pressures.

  20. The results remain standard after the lapse of a quarter of a century, and are regarded as models of precise physical work.

  21. This boiler is now in very general use, and is a standard form.

  22. It is out of the question to educate them up to the English standard of liberty of the subject.

  23. This is all only too true as regards California also, excepting that the experiment of educating them by just treatment in the "English standard of the liberty of the subject," has certainly never been tried either in Singapore or America.

  24. One feels oneself to be a sort of recruiting sergeant, going about with a standard of inches.

  25. Mr. Low was very keen against such boroughs as Loughton, declaring that Mr. Daubeny was quite right to join his standard to that of Mr. Turnbull on such an issue.

  26. A glance at his comments discloses the high standard of excellence which he exacted from every branch of the service.

  27. With two other regiments raised after the Indian mutiny it was nicknamed the "Dumpies," owing to the standard of height being lowered, and it had yet to earn the reputation which Barrow and French secured it.

  28. Unfortunately, the severe cold and sudden changes of the Northern States, and especially of New England, are very unfavorable to standard roses.

  29. By this method of pruning, a pendulous, graceful head is formed, instead of a stiff, formal one, so common to standard roses.

  30. Illustration: 0098] We have before spoken of the difficulty of cultivating standard roses, or roses budded on tall stems, in our climate.

  31. Doubtless they would succeed as well or better in our Southern and Middle States; but in the North they would probably require, in common with other standard roses, a careful protection against the changes of the seasons.

  32. It is possible, however, to produce a kind of standard without a resort to budding.

  33. With regard to the mounds of standard roses first mentioned, it is scarcely worth while to attempt them here; but a very good substitute is within our reach.

  34. By this means it is effectually protected from the sun, and one of the dangers which in our climate attend standard roses is averted.

  35. In Europe, these roses are valued as standard weepers, since, when budded on tall stocks, they form huge heads of pendulous foliage and bloom.

  36. The Bible text printed in boldface is taken from the American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, copyright, 1901, by Thomas Nelson & Sons, and is used by permission.

  37. Judged by a divine standard the young inquirer could not claim to be good, nor can any man regard himself as righteous in the light of divine holiness.

  38. Charles raised his standard at Nottingham, and on 28th August Sir John Byron rode in at the head of one or two hundred troopers to secure Oxford for the King.

  39. And the Jews, being wealthy, had introduced a higher standard of comfort into Oxford, and at the same time, being a common sort of prey, they probably found that stone houses were safer as well as more luxurious.

  40. Where poverty was so prevalent, the standard of comfort was not likely to be high.

  41. But many of his reforms were statesmanlike, and his endeavours to raise the standard of discipline and learning were evidently genuine.

  42. Endeavours were made to promote a proper standard of life by holding "General Inquisitions" at regular intervals.

  43. Athenian art and literature in the 4th century declined but slightly from their former standard; philosophy and oratory reached a standard which was never again equalled in antiquity and may still serve as a model.

  44. This work was the standard code until Joseph Qaro directly based on it his widely accepted Code of Jewish law, the Shulhan 'Arukh.

  45. The solution is then ready for titration with the standard permanganate solution.

  46. Public credit, which had sunk so low under the Confederation, had risen to a high standard under the new Government; and a general commercial and agricultural prosperity pervaded the land.

  47. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.

  48. If woman's taste is trained to choose the best, it upholds a standard which may save a generation from decadence.

  49. It is possible on the one hand to give such imperfect ideas of right and wrong that all is measured by the mere selfish standard of personal security.

  50. It takes more patience to bring poor material up to a presentable standard than to direct the quick intuitions of those who are more responsive; in one case efforts meet with resistance, in the other, generally with correspondence.

  51. They set up an inward standard for the conscience, and, if honestly followed, they answer in practice any difficulty that is likely to arise as to choice of reading.

  52. For if the home authorities interest themselves in lessons at all, their grown-up standard and the paramount weight of their opinion gives to one word of their praise a dignity and worth which goes beyond all prizes.

  53. Arms are there, too, against many difficulties and temptations; and a better understanding of the Church's teaching and of the liturgy which is the best standard of devotion for the faithful.

  54. Granting that Spenser found models in Ariosto and Tasso, yet, if he had remained in London, he might never have risen above the standard of the Palace-poets.

  55. I fancy men in general take a far less high standard than women.

  56. Mildred would have shrunk in positive pain and humility if she had known the extravagant standard to which he had raised her.

  57. Forgive me, but when you reach Jessie's standard of excellence, I would willingly do so.

  58. Lounsbury: The Standard of Pronunciation in English, p.

  59. Their employment, if high example counts for anything, is a standard habit of the language, as their diligent avoidance is a standard habit of English.

  60. But even so, the departures from standard usage that were unearthed were numerous and striking, and their tendency to accumulate in definite groups showed plainly the working of general laws.

  61. The Standard of Usage in English; New York and London, n.

  62. Paprika/ is in the Standard Dictionary, but I have been unable to find it in any English dictionary.

  63. The Standard Dictionary does not give its etymology.

  64. Three Parts; Part 1, Containing a New and Accurate Standard of Pronunciation .

  65. With him, it is a ware of very little value, inasmuch as the moral standard fixed by a better class of people is quite loose.

  66. Fashionable lectures had attendance only when fashionable lecturers came from the North; and the Northman was sure to regard our taste through the standard of what he saw before him.

  67. They set a standard which has remained the benchmark of Virginia political ethics.

  68. The association called for a ban on British imports, a reduced standard of living to lessen dependence of British credit, and the purchase of goods produced in America.

  69. Finally, social mobility was fairly fluid in a fast-growing society, and the standard of living among the lower classes had improved visibly in pre-Revolutionary Virginia.

  70. This is the standard work on the Stamp Act.

  71. If she was to train this young mind in the path of learning and literature, she must place before her a higher standard of merit than the somewhat shady and slipshod one her eagerness had almost betrayed her into upholding.

  72. It was along list, comprising the best periodicals of the day and several standard books.

  73. There was a new standard of size before it to which it failed to adjust itself.

  74. In order to save arithmetical labour it is convenient to be provided with conversion factors for reducing variously expressed results to the standard form.

  75. In this re-alignment of parties McKinley, who had expected to make the campaign on the issue of a high protective tariff, was diverted to the defence of the gold standard as the main issue.

  76. The standard induction in reference to determinations of hysteresis is generally taken as 2500, while the loss is expressed in watts per lb.

  77. Unless very frequent reference is made to the curves of some standard year there must be a tendency to enter under "3" in quiet years a number of hours which would be entered under "2" in a highly disturbed year.

  78. Its provisions, real and imaginary, formed the standard towards which Englishmen must strive.

  79. Several pieces of apparatus have been invented for comparing the magnetic quality of a sample with that of a standard iron rod by a zero method, such as is employed in the comparison of electrical resistances by the Wheatstone bridge.

  80. The deflection is indicated by a pointer upon a graduated scale, the readings being interpreted by comparison with two standard specimens supplied with the instrument.

  81. Since the poles of different magnets differ in strength, it is important to agree upon a definite unit or standard of reference in terms of which the strength of a pole may be numerically specified.

  82. The length of the ordinate or perpendicular drawn from any point of the curved line on to the base line is proportional to the extent of departure of the magnet from a standard position.

  83. His selected quiet days for St Petersburg and Pavlovsk were very few in number, in some months not even a single day reaching his standard of freedom from disturbance.

  84. The standard rod and the test specimen, which must be of the same dimensions, are placed side by side within two magnetizing coils, and each pair of adjacent ends is joined by a short rectangular block or "yoke" of soft iron.

  85. Is such a stranger bound to believe him to be the Divine Standard of morals, unless he can put his finger on certain passages of the book which imply weaknesses and faults?

  86. It is on account of this new standard that rapidity in a transaction on the Street is appreciated more than correctness of detail.

  87. As the gaudy standard unfolded on the evening air, Mounet-Sully’s incomparable voice breathed the very soul of the “Burgraves” across the silent plain and down through the echoing corridors below.

  88. New York influences the taste of the country; it is in New York really that the standard has been lowered.

  89. In spite of that, you are in a society where the standard of conduct is held higher than in any country of Europe, by a race of women more virtuous, in all probability, than has yet been seen.

  90. Above them in the wind-swept space the ominous standard flapped in the darkness.

  91. Presently Professor Beck and Don parted company, the latter joining the squad at dumb-bell exercise and the former fixing the standard for the pole vaulters, two of whom were soon at work taking low flights.

  92. Some radiation protection is provided by the existing, standard walls and ceiling of a basement.

  93. Most of the existing public shelters are located in larger buildings and are marked with this standard yellow-and-black fallout shelter sign.


  94. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "standard" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    standard for hydrographic codes; standard gauge; standard silver; standard time; standard work