minimal standard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofminimalandstandard
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minimal
adjective
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/us/ˈmɪn.ə.məl/
very small ...
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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofminimalandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The one study (7) that attempted to estimate its cost-effectiveness did not meet theminimalstandard for the economic evaluation of medical technologies.
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Theminimalstandardrandom number generator has these properties, but the results in this section apply to other random number generators as well.
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We have already seen how these functions are constructed for theminimalstandardrandom number generator.
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Compliance, in the legal sense, outlines theminimalstandard, an ethics and compliance program assumes the minimums are achieved and aspires to a higher standard.
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The definition does not, however, ensure aminimalstandardof mental health because, given widely disparate resource levels, a single international standard would be unworkable.
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They failed to provide even aminimalstandardthat was acceptable in respect of either road safety or protecting motorways.
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Fault-based divorce, as it presently operates and as it operated under the modern legislation before the special procedure, requires a fairlyminimalstandardof proof.
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Is not this a ratherminimalstandard?
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Our article and the associatedminimalstandardgenerator was an attempt to respond to this request.
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In practice, however, agencies have little difficulty meeting the minimal standards.
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The general point here is that competent adults should be able to meet minimal standards of normal behavior.
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These principles need to be made explicit and shown to meet minimal standards of coherence, both internally and in relation to other plausible standards of rational behavior.
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We chose fairly minimal standards to define a 'full' service for chronic diseases.
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Moreover, the internal regimen which it prescribed vastly exceeded the absolutely minimal standards of conduct required by the three prison reform acts of 1773 and 1774.
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They would have the responsibility for achieving minimal standards for district services.
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It seeks to impose some minimal standards of responsibility on an industry that, in part, flagrantly exploits the anxieties of vulnerable people.
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Many districts do not attain even those minimal standards and progress towards those figures has been very slow.
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Their conditions deny any notion of minimal standards of human decency and contravene minimum internationally agreed standards for the treatment of prisoners.
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It is crucial that all countries be treated in the same manner, and that minimal standards apply to all.
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It closes the loopholes and sets the often minimal standards.
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