Sentence examples for an exacting standard from inspiring English sources

Both societies exalted custom, and both had an exacting standard of masculinity.

A true gentleman who held himself to an exacting standard, he was a generous mentor and colleague.

But the federal government clearly needs to set a higher bar for these programs and promptly cancel the contracts of those that do not reach an exacting standard.

No matter, it had set itself an exacting standard at the outset with a superb performance of the Symphony in B flat (Op. 13) by Antonio Rosetti, a worthy composer the group has championed in recordings as well as concerts.

And she burdens our quest with an exacting standard of integrity... Damien Hirst implicitly bets that we are now ready to pick up where art left off in the sixties, by renewing a celebratory social contract.

Bloomberg reporters are expected to adhere to "the Bloomberg Way" — an exacting standard for news reporting that shuns adjectives, pushing reporters to "show, not tell" — and this rubric both helps and complicates Mr. Goldman's job.

A series of courts have recently begun applying a more exacting standard to these arrangements.

A more exacting standard for punctuality will be brought in on UK railways next month in an attempt to improve performance.

"From the Land of the Moon" isn't in the same league, though I'm leery of comparing leagues in the first place: Why lump filmmakers together simply because they're female — and why hold Garcia to a more exacting standard than that of the numerous male-directed mediocrities that have been slotted into competition without a second thought?

In footnote 4 of United States v. Carolene Products Co. (1938), Justice Harlan F. Stone opined that where legislation was aimed at "discrete and insular minorities" who lack the normal protections of the political process, a more exacting standard of judicial review with no presumption of constitutionality should be applied.

It replaced the balancing test that the Supreme Court had used in the Native American case with a much more exacting standard, requiring a "compelling state interest" justifying a ban on religious practice, an action "narrowly tailored" to that interest, and the "least restrictive" means of pursuing it.