rigid standard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrigidandstandard
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rigid
adjective
uk/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/us/ˈrɪdʒ.ɪd/
stiff or fixed; not able to be bent ...
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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofrigidandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Moreover, the various reasons for relaxing thisrigidstandardthen become the heart of the matter. 10.
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Though there is norigidstandard, the principle named is kept in mind.
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It is not, therefore, possible to have anyrigidstandardof uniformity of salaries and conditions.
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I am glad that arigidstandardis insisted upon in that matter.
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The safety level of alcoholic drinking depends largely on the individual and cannot, under any circumstances, be assessed by arigidstandard.
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I cannot help thinking that not only the way this is put, but also therigidstandard, is going to discourage the local authorities.
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It has been forgotten that the gold standard was arigidstandard—a single currency if you like—and it caused economies to collapse throughout the world.
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In the past we have applied a morerigidstandardto investments made at home, and they have been scrutinised more closely than investments abroad.
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Theoretically, any onerigidstandardis as good as any other but in practice gold is by far the most convenient.
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This means it is not arigidstandardthat must be used exactly as it is in its entirety.
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It is vital to have the highest and most rigid standards, particularly for nuclear waste.
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He was generous enough to say today that he had been very impressed by its operations and that it was setting extremely rigid standards.
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This would be essentially a voluntary code, as opposed to what one could call rigid standards.
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I ask them, also, not to apply too rigid standards, or to take too short a view.
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While our home-grown produce is, rightly and in the consumers' interests, subject to rigid standards, no such standards apply to imported potatoes.
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It required all maintained schools, existing as well as future, to conform to some absolutely rigid standards.
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It would be wasteful and uneconomic to apply the same rigid standards to all, regardless of individual skills and reliability.
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The model contracts will not of course be rigid standards for all authorities and individual authorities will be free to adopt minor amendments to meet their own requirements.
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I believe that the best thing that we can do is to have much more rigid standards of inspection and hygiene at the docks and market.
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By law, we must now register and conform to fairly rigid standards of hygiene with the object of supplying good, clean, wholesome food prepared in good, clean, wholesome conditions.
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