Sentence examples for lapse in standards from inspiring English sources

Mr. Durbin grilled Attorney General Eric Holder on this appalling lapse in standards last November, and Mr. Holder acknowledged that the training materials contained "misinformation".

There was a period when that would have been considered an admirable glimpse of wounded pride over a lapse in standards, but now it looks like a symptom of frustration and mediocrity.

Dame Jo revealed that spot inspections of 234 health and social care institutions, including nursing homes, over Christmas revealed worrying lapses in standards in more than a third of cases.

This is particularly problematic in countries like Egypt where the prevalence of HCV infection among hospitalized patients is high and minor lapses in standard precautions can expose health care workers and patients to HCV-infected blood or body fluids [ 21].

American Airlines preferred to say as little as possible about the lapse in its standards of baggage handling.

This lapse in ethical standards may lead to far greater changes than just a policy platform.

Medical errors have been defined as an actual or a potential serious lapse in the standard of care provided to a patient, or harm caused to a patient through the performance of a health service or a healthcare professional [ 1].

With a crisis in the NHS looming there are bound to be lapses in clinical standards.

Financial audits revealed large lapses in underwriting standards as early as 2005.

The EU introduced the rule-of-law procedure in 2014, after years of struggling to deal with lapses in democratic standards among member states.

The Air Force secretary at the time expressed his sincere "regret" for "lapses in our standards at Dover," a non-apologetic understatement.