The phrase "impose high standards" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to require or establish strict guidelines or expectations for something. Example: The new company policy aims to impose high standards for employee conduct to promote a positive work environment.
But they continue to remind us that the rigors of competing in the new world economy impose high standards on everyone.
To the Editor: Re " 'No Picnic for Me Either,' " by David Brooks (column, March 13): Mr. Brooks is exactly right: great teachers build strong relationships with students on whom they impose high standards.
But note that Griggs itself had always been ambiguous about employers' rights to impose high standards.
The EU is the largest player in global trade and it uses its economic clout to impose high standards on products being imported as well as to promote its values abroad.
Environmentalists from round the world last month called for a moratorium on all new oil sand mines to impose higher standards.
Such products are allowed for sale in the US and attempts by the UK to impose higher standards on any imports would be a difficult part of trade deal negotiations.
FRANKFURT — The Group of 20 may constrain plans to impose higher standards on the world's largest banks, a senior regulator signaled Wednesday, possibly weakening measures to prevent problems at one institution from spreading across borders.
This will bring more challenges to the traditional family-oriented elderly care system and will impose higher standards on the society's pension system.
Some industry experts argue that the beauty schools and state examiners should impose higher standards when it comes to awareness of natural nail hygiene and the potential dangers of sculptured nails.
The company's values are so strong that it's a certified B Corp, which imposes high standards of social performance, accountability and transparency.
Foley backed Muschamp long after many expected to the coach to be fired, lauding him for imposing high standards on the team off the field after a bumpy end to former coach Urban Meyer's tenure.
