Sentence examples for standards of decent from inspiring English sources
But they symbolise a broad commitment to basic standards of decent living.
The move led Michael Howard, the then Tory leader, to tell Tony Blair that the proposal "offended against all standards of decent behaviour".
The move led then Tory party leader, Michael Howard, to tell Tony Blair that the proposal "offended against all standards of decent behaviour".
A third of private rentals don't meet the minimum standards of "decent accommodation", so are plainly not owned by people with a pro-social and responsible attitude.
THIS has been a good week for anybody who still hopes that most of the world's nations can be induced to sign up to certain standards of decent behaviour and then to keep their promises.
The terribleness of Christian movies is, of course, an article of faith among film critics, who reserve for them their most damning barbs ("doesn't even meet the standards of decent propaganda"; "doesn't belong in a theatre").
Some WB informants did, however, remark that "good jobs may actually not be decent, according to the standard definition of decent employment from the ILO".
"We believe that UK companies have a particular responsibility to ensure that their Qatar-based employees, regardless of their nationality, and their sub-contractors' employees enjoy terms and conditions within globally accepted standards of 'decent work' as laid down by organizations such as the International Labor Organization," Mr. Schouwenberg wrote.
Like the NCHE, they issued voluntary codes of conduct and standards for decent work.
Corruption, sloppy standards, a lack of decent staff and red tape are the main gripes.
Almost as a throwaway, Thomsen Brits mentions elements of Danish life that make them happy yet would go by the more pedestrian name of "social infrastructure": "Denmark's high standard of living, decent health care, gender equality, accessible education and equitable distribution of wealth all contribute to the measurable happiness of the Danish people".
