strict standard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrictandstandard
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strict
adjective
uk/strɪkt/us/strɪkt/
strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do ...
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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofstrictandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofstrict standard
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Lifestyle as astrictstandardtherefore retained transparent problems, with the variegated effects of the 'civilizing ' mission still posing potential contradictions.
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Possibly the most obvious one is theirstrictstandardthat all carcases must be hosed down with steam.
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Moreover, it is on the strength of what we said that thisstrictstandardwas copied internationally.
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The reason, of course, is the verystrictstandardof stewarding which we insist upon in the sport and which the sport likes to have.
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Might it not be inclined to turn them down, or perhaps find unnecessary faults, or at any rate apply a verystrictstandard?
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That is a verystrictstandard: "every step that he ought to have taken".
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They should be required to observe astrictstandard.
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It is astrictstandardand much bathing water which met the old standards will have problems with this one, but it is public health that is at stake.
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As a result the courts have consistently refused to entertain a claim to civil liability in the absence of dishonesty and, moreover, have insisted upon astrictstandardof proof.
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Variable frame rate, however, made sound unlistenable, and a new,strictstandardof 24 fps was soon established.
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Markings have astrictstandardfor showing in fancy pet rat shows.
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He was the first scholar to transfer the strict standards of philology to musicology.
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In an obstacle race, competitors are timed and held to astrictstandardof performance; when a task can not be completed, penalty exercises such as burpees are assigned.
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Strict standards demand filters, which raise production costs.
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The act applied to every non-governmental employer in the country and created strict standards, new enforcement mechanisms, and new rights for workers.
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