Sentence examples for prescriptive standard from inspiring English sources

The UK, which has very generous CFC tax rules, is understood to have lobbied hard against a prescriptive standard in this area.

When the first Kinsey book was published, Lionel Trilling wrote that Kinsey's replacement of the old, prescriptive standard of "normal" with the new, descriptive notion of "natural" liberated a nation.

A prescriptive use of equality is present when a prescriptive standard is applied, i.e., a norm or rule, e.g. people ought to be equal before the law.

Thus, according to the equivalent performance concept, its potential durability has to be proved through comparison with reference mixtures complying with prescriptive standard requirements.

Considering the variation in wind loads, an effective prescriptive standard for sheathing on gable roofs, would discriminate by terrain and roof zone.

In contrast, for hip roofs, an effective prescriptive standard would discriminate based on terrain, roof height and roof slope, but without considering roof zones (for the current, nearly square plan dimension houses).

So it is ditching prescriptive standards which say, for example, how thick a door must be rather than merely how long it should be able to withstand a fire.

The concoction of prescriptive standards and diffused means of fulfilling them is a bitter brew.

Logistically, the shift away from prescriptive standards development to verifying and comparing metrics will also free resources within the USGBC to award and notify LEED projects on an annual basis.

The INTERGROWTH study, currently underway, will rectify this problem, since their purpose is to develop prescriptive standards for fetal and preterm growth [ 65].

It doesn't buy the argument that the less prescriptive fundamental standards – which include general provisions for handling complaints, nutrition and "safe care"– will have at least the same effect as the current rules.