Sentence examples for a strict standard from inspiring English sources

The "authoritarian parent," by contrast, sets a strict standard of conduct, often theologically motivated.

What constitutes a serious failure is also open to debate, though the agency said it planned to hold Iran to a strict standard.

The administration said this was "not a strict standard" and should not prevent doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel from sharing information when they care for patients.

Although regulators rightly want to hold the big ratings agencies up to scrutiny, governments do not always hold themselves up to such a strict standard.

The judges are taking the position that the government should be held to a strict standard when it seeks the authority to overhear private telephone calls.

Under Texas law, which has a strict standard for the insanity defense, Mrs. Yates could have been found not guilty only if jurors believed she suffered from a mental defect that prevented her from distinguishing right from wrong.

A stricter standard would send this plan where it belongs -- back to the drawing board.

Institutional money market funds would be held to a stricter standard.

Why should we hold children's writers to a stricter standard?

Experts said that a stricter standard — "with a reasonable degree of medical certainty" — is used in criminal investigations or trials.

A state assemblyman has introduced legislation to require a stricter standard of proof for the death penalty.