Sentence examples for standards of former from inspiring English sources

Even by the standards of former Soviet countries, Uzbekistan is progressing poorly.

Though hardly remarkable by the standards of former Soviet governments, the police officers' actions drew particular scrutiny because of the aspirations of President Mikheil Saakashvili — a Columbia University-educated lawyer and close American ally in the South Caucasus region — to build a Western-style, democratic government.

But the Office of Government Ethics said Mr Trump's plan didn't "meet the standards" of former presidents.

The attendance was brilliant, and fully up to the standard of former years.

Johnson has massive punching power and a wrestling background, although his wrestling is nowhere near to the standard of former Olympian, Daniel Cormier.

By the standards of a former general, he has tried to sound conciliatory.

FINANCIALLY crippled and politically controversial, Russia's third television station, NTV, might seem an unattractive investment, even by the dismal standards of the former Soviet Union.

Even by the brass-knuckle standards of two former William Morris agents, Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer, who used similar tactics 20 years ago to turn Creative Artists into the town's dominant agency, Mr. Wiatt's efforts have been surprising, dramatic and fast-moving.

Diplomats say corporations and businessmen from France, which retains an unusually high degree of influence here, even by the standards of its former colonies, have also done well by Gabon's oil-based economy.

That is leading companies to hunt much harder for lasting advantages based on talent and geography, rather than low wages and plentiful labour.Related items Bulgaria: Blowing hot and coldDec 1st 2005By the standards of the former captive nations' rocky past, that is still a nice problem to have.

As Mr. Jenzen-Jones noted in a post on his blog, Rogue Adventurer, LCW is short for Lugansk Cartridge Works, one of the names for a former Soviet plant that continues to produce small-arms cartridges for the standard suite of former Eastern bloc arms.