Sentence examples for standards reduced from inspiring English sources

These standards reduced the number of maternal deaths substantially.

Taken together, these rules should lead to cleaner air, a reduction in greenhouse gases and, in the case of the automobile standards, reduced dependence on foreign oil.

But wiser policy can ensure that it profits from the rise of the rest of the world rather than seeing its companies battered and its living standards reduced.

They have benefited from lower building standards, reduced affordable housing requirements and a substantial public mortgage guarantee programme, yet they still question whether they will be able to increase supply at all.

After World War II, Socialist and Christian Democratic parties jointly fashioned safety net programs that reduced poverty, enhanced living standards, reduced inequality and made European social policy the envy of much of the developed world.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Egypt's government sold off hundreds of public institutions, usually at below-market prices, to private investment consortiums that were often partnered with cabinet ministers or close Mubarak allies; social safety nets were scaled back, workers' rights curtailed, and ordinary living standards reduced.

Future articles will address appliance-efficiency standards, reducing global-warming gases other than carbon dioxide and other efforts.

The scheme will offer high safety standards, reduce bureaucracy and help train teachers to take pupils on trips.

Higher capital standards reduce returns to shareholders and may slow expansion in fast-growing economies such as India or Indonesia, where bank lending is growing by 20-25% a year.

The same dynamic occurs on the way down; falling prices make people reluctant to enter the market and cause lenders to tighten credit standards, reducing overall demand.

"We have got to reaffirm unambiguously that open markets and rules-based trade are the best engine we know to lift living standards, reduce environmental destruction and build shared prosperity," Mr. Clinton said.