Sentence examples for reference to the norms from inspiring English sources

Justification of any act of punishment is to be done by reference to the norms (rules, standards, principles) defining the institutional practice such as the classic norms of Roman law, nulla poena sine leges and nulla poena sine crimen (no punishments outside the law, no punishments except for a crime).

Height for age and weight for height measures of each participant were compared to age and grade appropriate norms with reference to the NCHS standards of growth and development.

A few participants made reference to the issue of observance of religious norms in the study.

It relies on the observation that the customary signal-based mean square criterion of LQG optimization may be re-interpreted as a system norm (in particular, the 2-norm), without direct reference to the signals that are involved.

Despite of the legal norm makes reference to the 10 years previous retirement, it is customary to consider the last 120 positive remunerations previous retirement.

Although fatigue may be an issue, attempts were made to change her reference point to the "norm" by explaining that some patients are able to work during treatment, which is likely to alter her interpretation of the debilitating effect of chemotherapy.

In addition, we would add that the reference to native speaker norms and accuracy rate should also consider the age and conceptual development of L2 learners – if the learners are young children, such as in the case of *Schoonen and Verhallen (2008), it would seem questionable to use mature adult native speakers' responses to determine the accuracy rate for item inclusion or exclusion.

The success of each method is evaluated with reference to four norms introduced.

Determination of whether the QT interval is prolonged can be made in reference to population norms.

Scientific enquiries and analyses are 'tested' — validated or invalidated — partly by reference to 'internal' norms of coherence and rigour, and partly by reference to 'external' considerations relating to the particular social and ecological context of the enquiry.

Constitutional cases, Posner asserted, "can be decided only on the basis of a political judgment, and a political judgment cannot be called right or wrong by reference to legal norms".