Sentence examples for popularity standard from inspiring English sources

Ultimately, the plain truth is that sometimes, no matter how talented you are, you won't make the team due to perceived social status, or you lose all the spots to people who meet the popularity standard.

He was particularly successful for Spen Victoria; for instance, in 1939 he was the first bowler in the league to reach 50 wickets, but at the time the Bradford League had fallen in both popularity and standards.

The slowing American economy has had an unexpected effect on the television business: a resurgence in the popularity of the standard picture-tube TV.

[C4.] OLD-TIME TV The slowing American economy has had an unexpected effect on the television business: a resurgence in the popularity of the standard picture tube TV.

Ms. Vaidyanathan said that including the Fit EV was a judgment call, based on the popularity of the standard Honda Fit and future expectations.

However, during the past decade CFA has gained popularity as the standard method for assessing the construct validity of psychometric scales supported by previous research or largely driven by theory, like the HADS.

Indeed, bourbon has gained a great deal of popularity as a standard spirit used in cocktails.

Although no hard statistics exist, one ventures that its popularity approaches that of standard sandwiches in many urban settings.

Its swing, precision, and popularity made it the standard of excellence to which other big bands aspired.

MTV selected ten finalists based mainly on a standard of popularity rather than slickness of production or concept creativity.

Winners are determined by a set standard of popularity measurements -- think all the fan frenzy of the American Music Awards mixed with all the skullduggery of Grammy voting.