Sentence examples for approving standards from inspiring English sources

In some cases, state school boards get involved in the process, as occurs in Texas, which has the unfortunate effect of placing elected officials, with little or no knowledge or expertise in the fields whose curricula they govern, responsible for approving standards written by experts.

The Regents approved standards in each grade in the major subject areas.

Recently, the United Way's National Professional Council approved standards being championed by Mr. Gallagher that would require United Ways to provide fuller disclosure to the national organization.

Leaders of the nation's local United Ways yesterday approved standards to enhance financial disclosure and expand the role of the national organization.

Though official figures do not exist, patients considering breast augmentation have increasingly reported being unable to find prosthethics, especially those that meet US Food and Drug Administration approved standards.

A third-party investigation carried out after customer complaints found that the locking mechanism was not reliable despite the gates meeting approved standards.

Used for decades as offices for train companies, they have been restored painstakingly (all to English Heritage approved standards) and are majestic in quality as a result.

The city approved standards for its Taxi of Tomorrow in September, paving the way for what will soon be a nearly uniform yellow taxi fleet.

BEIJING — China's environmental regulators on Thursday unveiled stricter emergency pollution controls for the Olympic Games that would shutter more factories and expand traffic restrictions if air quality failed to meet approved standards once the competition began next week.

Exhibits — including those of the five contemporary jewelry designers Buccellati, Graff, Hemmerle, Chopard and Otto Jakob, and 17 dealers in antique jewelry — must meet approved standards of artistic quality, authenticity, condition and value.

Currently, no approved standards exist to aid authors in designing usable multimedia documents.