lowered standard

collocation in English

meaningsoflowerandstandard

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lower
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊ.ər/us
/ˈloʊ.ɚ/
positioned below one or more similar things, or of the bottom part ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition oflowerandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There will also be increases in the allowances for constant attendance, for unemployability and forloweredstandardof occupation.
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I believe it is the fear of theloweredstandardof life which has caused the dictatorships.
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The issue is connected with an allowance called the allowance forloweredstandardof occupation.
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A similar provision in war pensions legislation is referred to, quite rightly, as an allowance for aloweredstandardof occupation.
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In addition to his pension this pensioner receives an allowance forloweredstandardof occupation.
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The main supplementary allowances—rent allowance for widows, and constant attendance allowance, unemployability supplement and allowance forloweredstandardof occupation for disablement pensioners—will also be increased.
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Records of these examinations were available when eligibility for the allowance forloweredstandardof occupation was reviewed.
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Our view on the cut in the health services is that aloweredstandardof efficiency cannot be good for the industrial or social well-being of our country.
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There will also be increases in the allowances for constant attendance, unemploy-ability andloweredstandardof occupation and in the maximum rent allowance payable to war widows with children.
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There will also be increases in the allowances for constant attendance, unemployability andloweredstandard of occupation and in the maximum rent allowance payable to war widows with children.
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It is a fact that taxes on production are not counter-inflationary in that sense and can lead to great economic harm, resulting ultimately in lowered standards of life, and unemployment.
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