Sentence examples for the lower standards from inspiring English sources

The lower standards, combined with the influx of veterans, altered the atmosphere at the agency, bringing a military ethos to the policing job.

Only one senator, Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, voted against the bill, and he did so in part because he thought that the lower standards of FISA investigations inadequately protected civil liberties.

"Fleming", a four-part drama about the youthful antics of the writer Ian Fleming, did rather less well.These are not failures, but nor are they hits, even by the lower standards of pay-TV.

Some broadcast professionals are not optimistic about post-broadcast radio and they bemoan the lower standards for songs needed to fill the many niche stations on internet and satellite radio.

The agency estimates that at any point in the proposed ranges the dollars saved from avoided health costs, sick days, and deaths would far outweigh costs paid by affected states, tribal lands, and counties to achieve the lower standards.

So far, 22 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the lower standard.

By 2020, the lower standard could cost consumers an extra $1 billion a year to run their air-conditioners.

The lower standard is already being enforced by the state for cleanups of leaking underground tanks and other spills.

If the state does not adopt the lower standard by next year, it will lose about $4 million in federal highway funds.

Indeed, America's wildly popular sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) qualify for the lower standard.

And it suits the lower standard, too: Clearly, something like that is news.