Sentence examples for standards closer from inspiring English sources

The sums at stake are big, and could cause some companies to bust loan covenants with banks.By and large, the boards have brought the goal of a single set of standards closer.

But the opulence of the resort where the Group of 20 met was a vivid illustration of how South Korea has avoided the so-called middle income trap and continued to push living standards closer to those of rich economies.

Limiting China's development would hamstring efforts to raise its living standards closer to the level of the developed world, which Mr. Yu noted is largely responsible for climate change problems.

But that is not so, said Doris M. Meissner, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, who cited the North American Free Trade Agreement as an example of efforts to bring Mexico's economy and living standards closer in line with those of the United States.

To examine the infants in the low end of the standards closer, we carried out post-hoc analyses (by multiple logistic regression) of the risk of being within the 5th percentile of the growth standards for the study factors listed in Table 4.

By historic standards, close primary contests are not settled in early March.

The government is working hard to reduce it – tightening auto-emissions standards, closing dirty factories – and the official count of "blue sky days" is rising.

The report says Congress should set clear standards, close loopholes and give the older power plants a strict timeline to upgrade.

Jon Rauch, who was signed to a one-year deal, pitched a perfect eighth, and then Frank Francisco, who was signed to a two-year contract, lavish by current Mets standards, closed the game in the ninth.

The National Strategic Plan for Rural Vitalization from 2018 to 2022 aims to boost rural incomes and living standards, closing a widening wealth gap and boosting a slowing economy.

The Chinese government has over the past decade taken a series of measures to strengthen the protection of small investors and bring accounting and regulatory standards close to the international norm.