tough standards

collocation in English

meaningsoftoughandstandard

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tough
adjective
uk
/tʌf/us
/tʌf/
strong; not easily broken or ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition oftoughandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftough standards

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Secondly, the standard itself has not changed and is not atoughstandard, as some reports have suggested.
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It sets atoughstandard, and the minimum financial limit is set high so that it should have a minimum effect, if any, on the cost of insurance.
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It sets emissions standards for both engines and fuels, with increasingly tough standards being brought in from 2000.
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That will mean that schemes with high liabilities will face tough standards.
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We are determined that there shall be tough standards for landfill and tough standards for incineration.
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Certainly, we recognise that for individual firms the new or extended controls may impose tough standards which will be hard to meet.
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I want to make it clear that we are unequivocal in wanting to impose tough standards and requirements on the private healthcare sector.
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This would produce a single directive setting tough standards to control emissions to air, water and land from virtually all waste incineration processes.
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We need tough standards and quality controls, not the passengers charter nonsense that has been introduced of late, which most people regard as totally irrelevant to their requirements.
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We are setting tough standards.
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I am posing a question: would the need for the regulation of use be quite so great if we dealt with the definition issue, and imposed tough standards?
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Power lines and other equipment are built according to tough standards since large accumulation events happened many times prior to 1998.
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Unusually influential and organized, they may sometimes judge others by their own tough standards, failing to take personal needs into account.
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Barr prided himself on his school's tough standards.
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