The phrase "attained a standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing achieving a specific level of quality, performance, or criteria in various contexts, such as education, work, or personal goals.
Example: "After months of hard work and dedication, she finally attained a standard that impressed her supervisors."
Alternatives: "reached a benchmark" or "achieved a level".
British Weightlifting's performance manager Fiona Lothian was delighted with Smith's performance and hopes that her lifts can inspire other GB athletes at the European Championships - the first event where athletes can attain 'A' standard qualifying lifts for London 2012.
200 million people in the world are unemployed, but an additional 900 million earn so little that they and their families are unable to attain a standard of living of even $2 PPP dollars per day (ILO, 2012).
Whereas for many philosophers in the history of Western philosophy, the ideal has been to purge feeling from thought, in order to attain a standard of rationality, the ideal for Śāntarakṣita and other Buddhist philosophers is to free our mental life from those vijñānas which are kleśas.
Bingham, who won European silver in the 400m in Barcelona last year, failed to make the final at the trials and with no one having attained the A standard in the 400m, only Martyn Rooney will race over the distance in Daegu.
Having already attained the 'A' standard, the Blackheath and Bromley Harrier finished runner-up to Dwain Chambers in Birmingham to seal his Olympic spot.
This serves not just to make schools accountable, but helps to identify the best teaching methods.Countries where schools have already attained a higher standard should become pickier in choosing teachers.
Rick Rowden, a sceptical development pundit, says, "Apart from a few tax havens, there is no country that has attained a high standard of living on the basis of services alone".Yet a quiet boom in manufacturing in Africa is already taking place.
It can be inferred that the Celts had attained a higher standard of social organization than the Germanic peoples from the existence of words such as Gothic reiki and andbahts (modern German Reich, Amt), apparently borrowed from Celtic *rīgion "kingdom" and *ambactos "officer".
