Sentence examples for official criterion from inspiring English sources

Since no definitive proof of the thylacine's existence in the wild had been obtained for more than 50 years, it met that official criterion and was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1982 and by the Tasmanian government in 1986.

However, the state public health care system had not formulated directives to use this degree as an official criterion for career promotion.

22 However, in Kuwait, the official criterion used for diagnosing and classifying diabetes mellitus is the WHO criterion, 23 and so that was used in the present study.

Nor are there official criteria for membership.

The FO said last night that all exports were considered under the government's official criteria.

Tony Staunton CND Plymouth  "The worst accident scenario would kill up to 11,000 people in Plymouth and would not meet the official criteria for what is acceptable".

(How much is Eton again?) Some is refundable, if the official criteria for the tutor are satisfied, but for the most part you're on your own.

Sir David relayed to the FT how one secretary of state had raged after five ministerially favoured candidates for a particular job, four with Conservative connections, were denied interviews, for failing to match the official criteria.

The airport's official criteria for art stipulated work that would communicate "the essence of aviation and flight in a conceptual, abstract or realistic manner" -- a deliberately hokey description.

This consulting and accounting firm uses equally weighted measures of four characteristics macroeconomic stability, productivity, infrastructure and integration with the rest of Europe to estimate which candidate-countries best fit the official criteria for accession.

Last month the minimum wage was raised by 25%, to 4.87m rials ($140) a month, but even by official criteria this is one-third of what is deemed to be a living wage in the capital.