Sentence examples for english standard from inspiring English sources

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He fell in love with a gentle English Standard golden retriever who belonged to friends, and had his heart set on a dog just like her.

In 1953 the United States switched from the English standard to the metric, or international, standard of 1,852 metres (6,076 feet).

Language use evolves, too, of course, though it's hard to argue that anything truly significant changed between the publication of the English Standard Version (2001), Today's New International Version (2002), and the Holman Christian Standard Bible (2004).

We had no room for dessert, but we ate it anyway: my husband had a traditional English standard, sherry trifle, while I had a small but dense chocolate-and-ice-cream parfait.

When the first Russian lines were built, there was no effort made to adapt the English standard gauge of 4 feet 8.5 inches (1,435 mm), despite the fact that it was common throughout western Europe (save in Ireland, Spain, and Portugal) as well as in much of the United States and Canada.

Leicester are not the only English standard-bearers in Europe today.

Best, that is, by English standards.

He described Malaysia's English standards as "pathetic".

Statewide, just 45.3percentt of eighth graders met the English standards.

Last year, 70percentt of its fourth graders met state English standards and 80percentt met math standards.