Sentence examples for enacting standards from inspiring English sources

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I know the intent: by enacting standards, we encourage teachers to teach better.

Enacting standards for federal elections is consistent with the Voting Rights Act, which has banned literacy tests nationwide as prerequisites for voting.

The Desmond will also undergo a full seismic retrofit intended to meet recently enacted standards for earthquake safety.

Congress grew frustrated over states' continued hesitancy to enact standards, and in 1987 passed amendments requiring rather than suggesting that states adopt numeric water quality standards.

This is of particular interest because some areas in the United States and in Europe are still out of compliance with enacted standards (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2004) or suggested guideline values (WHO Europe 2006).

As HUD noted in monitoring reports, the state did not enact standard procedures for how local governments should process applications and write contracts for projects — the result was bureaucratic chaos.

Should they look to mete out punishment, try to stem rising foreclosures or focus on enacting new standards for future lending?

The slow process of enacting European standards, on everything from the environment to food safety, was designed for a stable world, not tumultuous revolutionary change.

Philip Morris is using an obscure Hong Kong investment agreement to sue Australia for enacting tougher standards on cigarette packages warning consumers about health risks.

This is largely traceable to Congress's failure to enact nationwide standards on interstate gun trafficking.