Sentence examples for set a higher bar from inspiring English sources

The deal that Mr. Petraeus received shadowed Mrs. Clinton's case from the start because it appeared to set a higher bar for bringing charges against her.

One of the local organizers, Sandy Taggart, set a higher bar, saying, "We will absolutely not accept an intake center here".

The court set a higher bar for including race as one factor among many in university admissions and struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

But the federal government clearly needs to set a higher bar for these programs and promptly cancel the contracts of those that do not reach an exacting standard.

So the paper calls for an amendment to that act to set a higher bar for privacy injunctions and slams judges for misuing "a bad law to usurp parliament and take the power to gag the media".

The Ninth Circuit set a higher bar for discharging gay and lesbian service members, they say, because the Supreme Court has established that adults have a fundamental right to consensual sexual acts.

The inaugural convoy set a high bar.

Mr Ilves has set a high bar.

Apple has actually set a high bar for itself.

She set a high bar for her children.

They act as a beacon to other advertisers and set a high bar of creativity.