Sentence examples for standard directors from inspiring English sources

Under a plurality standard, directors who run unopposed (which, given all the hurdles to nominating a rival slate, is usually what happens) can theoretically receive just a single vote in favor, but millions of votes "withheld," and still get re-elected.

When I peeked into the room where I would tape the show it became suddenly apparent that I would be sitting in a standard director's chair speaking my lines right into a camera with no image of Bill O'Reilly to react to.

He wants new "schools-standards directors" to keep a beady eye on what happens in classrooms.

The school standards directors would also be statutorily responsible for permitting new schools to open.

The government is introducing regional schools commissioners and Head Teacher Boards to improve oversight of academies, while Labour proposes a network of regional school standards directors.

For toothfish, "it's the most rigorous chain we know of," says Amy Jackson, MSC's standards director.

But in addition to more standard risks, directors and officers policies are now covering salaries and bonuses lost in this way — at shareholder expense.

But its wry sense of the big tragedies of small spaces has made it a gold standard among directors and playwrights, which may explain why New York is now the lucky host of two acclaimed productions.The city has long anticipated the arrival of the Sydney Theatre Company's adaptation of the play, starring Cate Blanchett, as part of the Lincoln Centre festival.

The S.E.C. forced the stock exchange (and Grasso) to seriously beef up standards for directors.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed by Congress in 2002, steps up standards for directors even more.

To promote high standards, its directors and judges have always been chary about awarding gold medals.