Sentence examples for but the standards of from inspiring English sources

But the standards of the past are so dismal that this is not saying much.

He says that his new rules are graceful, but the standards of grace seem to be mainly his own.

"We have a lot of emphasis on reading skills in our schools," said Follett at the time, "but the standards of writing are quite a bit lower.

In real life we can hope that every teenager can do his or her best and feel good about the results, but the standards of art are not so lenient.

"The court may have handed off the determination of obscenity to the local community, but the standards of local communities had fundamentally changed," writes Mr. Lane in "Obscene Profits".

But the standards of the safety and regulatory sign-off of the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant has been called into question by experts, who believe the construction will run over budget or fail.

But by the standards of Eastern New York, prices are still reasonable.

But by the standards of Silicon Valley, Berlin is still a backwater.

But by the standards of the computing world, Mr. Gelernter is a rock star.

"But by the standards of the toy industry," he added, "that's a great success".

But by the standards of the recent mass protests against Rousseff, Thursday's celebrations were muted.