Sentence examples for standards of play from inspiring English sources

Does it promote better standards of play?

The tournament is supposed to lift standards of play, public interest, stadium infrastructure and income for the sport.

The conditions might well have been described as levelling, but there was nothing level about the two teams' respective standards of play.

When Dwyer was playing for Randwick in the 1960s, standards of play throughout Australia's major clubs appeared to have progressed little from the organised thuggery of the sport's early years.

February 14 , 1882Fort Wayne, Indiana April 8 , 1958New York City, New York George Jean Nathan, (born Feb. 14, 1882, Fort Wayne, Ind., U.S. died April 8 , 1958 New York City) American author, editor, and drama critic, who is credited with raising the standards of play producers and playgoers alike.

International soccer's aristocratic pecking order has proved no match for the opening of national borders, which in turn has increased the flow of talent among nations and allowed players from soccer's developing countries to refine their skills in countries with richer traditions and historically high standards of play.

In fact, for lack of any serious competition in the 1920s, the LSO allowed its standards of playing to slip.

For the post of principal conductor Glock engaged Antal Doráti, who, in Heyworth's judgment, raised standards of playing and brought new vigour to the programmes in his four years in charge (1962 66).

Great standard of play from both sides".

The locals hissed and grunted at the standard of play.

But the standard of play isn't the only issue he sees.