Sentence examples for a less rigorous standard from inspiring English sources

The landesbanks, while insisting that they will pass the tests, have been lobbying the German government and European Commission to apply a less rigorous standard.

There are also concerns that the new orders stipulate a less rigorous standard of proof and will be dealt with by district judges in civil courts rather than by the more specialised youth courts.

The basis for the bonus is a less rigorous standard -- called expectation reserves -- than the proven-reserves yardstick that the company is required by American rules to list in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Technology executives face a less rigorous standard, he adds: "The tech media sees it as a hip, cool, progressive industry".

The legal standard for manslaughter is causing a death through recklessness -- a far less rigorous standard to prove than aggravated manslaughter's standard of "extreme indifference to the value of human life".

There was also the less rigorous standard of "recusal," which the administration used to avoid issuing formal waivers.

The rise in overall pass rates has been going on for much longer, so "modular" A-levels cannot be cited as evidence of less rigorous standards.In short, it seems likely that at least some of the rise in exam passes is a result of better education.

Darby's followers formed a closely knit federation of churches and were known as Exclusive Brethren; the others, called Open Brethren, maintained a congregational form of church government and less rigorous standards for membership.

Employing less rigorous standards, Qualys earned a steeper $0.19 per share.

Rejecting the less rigorous standards of his grandfather, Edwards insisted on a public profession of saving faith based on the candidate's religious experiences as a qualification not only for Holy Communion but also for church membership.

But a much smaller group of Americans -- almost all of them among the wealthiest 5percentt -- are subjected to less rigorous standards.