Sentence examples for standards have shot from inspiring English sources

For many Iraqis, living standards have shot up.

Since then, participants and standards have shot up, and what was outlandish to a large section of the population is now as normal and uncontroversial as a morning cup of builders' tea.

Even his player-friendly predecessor, Joe Torre, might have shot Burnett a disapproving stare or withheld his standard pat on the back.

Vacancy rates have shot up.

Property prices have shot up.

Transport costs have shot up.

As an illustration, consider a standard case of causal pre-emption: Gunman one shoots (s1) victim, causing his death d, while gunman two does not shoot but would have shot (s2) also causing d, if s1 had not occurred.

Mortgage rates have shot up.

The standard premium has shot up an average of 12percentt a year since 2001, when it was $50 a month.

In the past 25 years, the standard of living for three-quarters of a billion East Asians has shot above the poverty line.

Standards have slipped and in America the number of lawsuits over contested patents has shot up (see chart).