Sentence examples for standard is weak from inspiring English sources

Therefore, it is not worth paying higher certification costs when the certification standard is weak.

An employer's ability to hold independent workers to its standards is weaker.

While I would stress that US toy safety legislation on testing requirements and standards is weaker than the European Union's, and their problems with defective toys were greater, nonetheless the recalls for the same product occurred in July in the US and it took Member States until September to take action to withdraw defective toy products from the market in the EU.

Regulation and safety standards are weak.

But experts and some environmental groups complain that Energy Star standards are weak, permitting low-quality bulbs with too high a level of mercury, a toxic metal contained in all compact fluorescents.

Half of the medical devices and 80 percent of the active ingredients in medications sold here are also made elsewhere, often in countries whose regulatory systems and manufacturing standards are weak.

In secondary schools, standards were weakest in classes for 11- to 14-year-olds.

Of course, the journalistic standards are weaker, too.

ICAO did agree to a design standard for improving the CO2 efficiency of new aircraft earlier this year, but the standard is too weak to have any meaningful environmental impact.

The short-term targets for reducing greenhouse gases are too low, the renewable electricity standard is too weak, too many offsets are allowed,  and there's too little investment in clean energy.

A growth rate for the whole economy of almost 2% is healthy by today's standards even if it is weak compared with previous recoveries.