Sentence examples for standard is dropping from inspiring English sources

Most co-ops fail when members cannot trust the person shopping for them, when they feel the standard is dropping, when common sense has left the building or when it just becomes too difficult.

Britain's prospects brightened as soon as the gold standard was dropped.

Even for Argentines with jobs, living standards are dropping.

If standards are dropping in the company, many people see it as Gergiev's fault.

Following a review in the 1960s, the class standards were dropped and replaced in Cubs by arrow awards and in Scouts by the 'Scout Standard', 'Advanced Scout Standard', and the 'Chief Scout Award'; meanwhile the renamed 'Queen's Scout' award was changed to focus on long-term service and commitment as well as the completion of an expedition lasting four days and fifty miles.

Cuts to local government mean that the number of trading-standards officers is dropping.

Greeks, whose standard of living is dropping precipitously with no end in sight, have lost confidence that the bailout will actually save the country from default.

The full repercussions won't appear immediately, but already the US is no longer the uncontested forerunner in science and technology and its standard of living is dropping accordingly.

Fairmont Hotels is dropping standard room rates up to 40percentt at four resorts in Quebec through Oct. 23, in time for impromptu fall foliage trips.

Much is made of Australia's standings in the OECD's program for international student assessment (Pisa) results, the triennial rankings that tests 15-year-olds in maths, science and reading, and how, by that measure, our educational standards have been dropping over the past 15 years.

It's very hard to initiate those changes if people's standards of living are dropping by 25percentt.