They have also achieved high standards of governance.

The market economy and the profit motive have led to extremely high living standards in many places.

The high literacy rate had resulted in high standards of maternal and childcare.

We have overhauled our legal system, and we are adopting high standards of good governance in the corporate and public sector.

Great figures don't meet high standards, but rather make their own.

Today, however, as Europeans struggle with high unemployment and stagnating living standards, they may have to work longer to cope with globalization.

One reason is that Africa s recent growth rates, while high by international standards, remain too low to have a substantial impact on poverty.

The EU s political standards are high, but the fruits of cooperation are sweet.

Unfortunately, what happened on this occasion did not meet the required high standards.

The advantages of certification include its potential clearly to distinguish those companies that have achieved high levels of performance (as defined by the standards).

By maintaining high environmental standards, and promoting such standards among its trade partners, Europe can bolster the global market for clean energy technologies.

While energy prices remain high by historical standards, Gazprom now operates at a loss.

World currency standards have enormous inertia.

International companies can bring cash, skills, technology, and high ethical standards to a host country.

It is one of the few media outlets in Russia pursuing high standards of journalism.

The Panel used the same high evidentiary standards in its investigations as in previous reports.

Small and medium enterprises also find it difficult to comply with the high standards set by international markets, including the increasingly stringent environmental and social standards.

The European social model is a common vision many European states have for a society that combines economic growth with high living standards and good working conditions.

Such high level dialogue, we believe, can help to achieve progress in the implementation of the standards.

This has increased the possibility for the promotion of staff who otherwise meet the high qualification standards.

When standards have been breached, we have not always done enough.

Taiwan is, de facto, an unrecognized independent state with a vigorous democracy and high standards of human rights.

How Europeans, and to a lesser extent Americans, will maintain their high standards of living is anyone s guess.

We are also dismayed that the report continues to retain a high degree of selectivity and double standards.

Several different standards have been established for grit size.

In the past year, key standards have been set.

(d) Reviews official correspondence from the Director General to high level dignitaries, ensuring adherence to protocol and editorial standards

(c) Donor nations must adhere to high standards in regard to the grant equivalent content of their aid disbursements.

We are aware that standards have multiple and complex dimensions.

A combination of these and other measures would help Europe to sustain its high living standards in the coming decades.

Living standards in the latter are high (and more equal), owing primarily to the better public services that they provide.

Simply applying the current market multiple ignores the possibility that current multiples may be high or low by historical standards.

At a time when the Bank has been emphasizing high governance standards as the key to development, the recent revelation of that arrangement s details have dealt a serious blow to the Bank s credibility.

Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists.

(a) The Office of the High Commissioner, on account of its role in implementing standards, should not undertake standard setting functions.

Even when people feel we have not lived up to the standards expected of a world city, we are glad to be held to a high benchmark, because it keeps us on our toes.

Indeed, living standards have been under severe pressure since Mubarak s downfall.

In the area of gender equality and the empowerment of woman, the high female literacy rates in Sri Lanka had resulted in comparatively high rates of employment of females at executive levels and high standards of maternal and childcare.

In addition to mandatory food safety requirements, large private retailers have introduced stringent product and process standards that require technical competencies, technical support packages and new management methods, symbolizing a move to high precision agriculture.

I want to see more English language content with high editorial standards, and I really hope that Pars Arts can provide it.

During the past few years, Oman had attained very high standards in the area of women's health, education and the labour market.

The High Level Committee on Management has approved a project for the development of such accounting standards within the United Nations system.

Its national strategy included plans for the development of all inhabited spaces in strict compliance with high environmental and economic management standards.

We have a situation where private companies are applying censorship standards that are often quite arbitrary and generally more narrow than the free speech constitutional standards that we have in democracies.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.