Sentence examples for a hard standard from inspiring English sources

This turns out to be a hard standard to maintain, even for a historian like Montefiore.

Whereas Washington would like to boycott any meeting in which a member of Hamas is present, the realities of diplomacy may make that a hard standard to maintain.

But the comparisons to "60 Minutes" were rarely complimentary; "It's a very hard standard to match," Mr. Hartman said.

The 5-to-4 decision shifted the burden of proof under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act so that older workers have to show their age was the deciding factor in an adverse employment decision — an unfairly hard standard to meet.

To successfully avoid becoming pregnant before, after or between those two births, either she will have had to refrain from having sex, or she or her partner will have had to practice contraception effectively for an average of about 25 years a hard standard of behaviour to live up to, even for the most disciplined and highly motivated individuals" [ 3].

Is it not possible that some governments might embrace a hard money standard one day?

Aerosmith turned it into a hard rock standard and a staple of classic rock radio; it remains one of their most popular tunes.

In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1998), Colin Larkin wrote that the album "set a hard rock standard that even its creators struggled to emulate".

I had tried to continue living by that creed, but it had become an ever-harder standard to maintain.

One other key thing to note here is that Apple has been rumoured to be considering abandoning the 3.5mm headphone jack — which has become a hard-won standard on mobile devices — in favour of a proprietary Lightning port lock-in instead.

Pushy parents have usually got kids in schools where, because they are pushing hard, standards rise".