The phrase "away from standard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that deviates from an established norm or expectation.
Example: "The new design is quite innovative, but it is definitely away from standard practices in the industry."
Alternatives: "deviating from standard" or "not in line with standard".
The context-sensitive control system for Assassin's was meant to be about simplifying the action, but, it turns out that moving away from standard 'this button does that and only that' thinking has turned up new problems.
Paul Levitz, executive vice president and publisher of DC Comics, pointed to Mr. Kane's much-imitated manner of breaking away from standard boxes to draw much bigger, more dramatic illustrations.
Such changes away from standard jobs have also contributed to the weakened position of trade unions in France: as little as a tenth of French workers belong to a union.
They certainly weren't the first Latin American rock band to do so; Botellita de Jerez had started mixing rock with traditional music a few years earlier, and Cafe Tacuba's producer, Gustavo Santaolalla, played in an Argentine rock band during the 60's that used South American folkloric sources to break away from standard North American rock styles.
"As a result, we need to look again how the prominence of PSBs can be maintained as viewers move away from standard definition formats, viewing at the time of broadcast and traditional numerical channel lists, to a world of high- definition, catch up TV with more dynamic and tailored menus".
Getting away from standard sizing is a nice idea, but hardly revolutionary, because jeans measured by the waist often already come in odd numbers, while at £12 a pair, any advantage of the new system is likely to be cancelled out by an unflatteringly basic cut and style.
The analysis would have had more credibility, too, if it inched away from the standard liberal orthodoxy every now and then.
In the eighties, Waits moved away from a standard barroom setup and began investigating sounds that caused many reviewers to invoke the word "circus".
This take is rather reductive, but it is also worlds away from the standard foreign policy theory conservatives adhere to: realism.
"We wanted to get as far away from the standard grab bar as we could," said Don Ed, the company's vice president.
