international standard

collocation in English

meaningsofinternationalandstandard

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international
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
involving more than ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofinternationalandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This "improvement" could only take place towards theinternationalstandard.
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To enable comparison of mumps virus antibody test results, aninternationalstandardserum should be developed.
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Among nations that uphold theinternationalstandard, the usual distinction is between a 'national health service' and 'national health insurance'.
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Will they converge, diverge, or be replaced by the hypothetical newinternationalstandard?
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Other important roles of documentation include legal issues, patent applications,internationalstandardcertifications, and internal practices.
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The definition does not, however, ensure a minimal standard of mental health because, given widely disparate resource levels, a singleinternationalstandardwould be unworkable.
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The trial was a double-blind placebo controlled trial, and organizers relied on providing treatment to participants at the best local standard rather than the bestinternationalstandard.
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The newinternationalstandardwould have prestige, and the local varieties of the native speakers would perhaps come to be seen as dialects of little importance.
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Collaborative study of a proposedinternationalstandardfor plasma fibrinogen measurement.
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Therefore, unless steps are taken to reach aninternationalstandardsooner rather than later, there could well be problems ahead.
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It will be understood that these comparisons are subject to the qualification that there is nointernationalstandardquality.
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On the basis of aninternationalstandardspecification, dental practices are required to install units to extract solid amalgam for recycling.
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Efforts to obtain international acceptance of the need for area navigation capability for civil aviation and to establish aninternationalstandardare continuing.
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An alpha rating effectively means that this research is regarded as being ofinternationalstandard.
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It is anticipated that the revisedinternationalstandardwill be agreed by 2004.
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Is it not time that this matter was referred to an international commission, so that we might have some definiteinternationalstandard?
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I am glad to note that that standard is now to be incorporated as aninternationalstandard.
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Many firms enjoy admirable labour relations and have aninternationalstandardof productivity and competitiveness, but they are not the average.
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Unfortunately, there are differing standards around the world and, to reach agreement on aninternationalstandard, we would have to use the lowest common denominator.
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