standard of efficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstandardandefficiency
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standard
adjective
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
usual rather than special, especially when thought of as being correct ...
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efficiency
noun
uk/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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(Definition ofstandardandefficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These surveys defined (and continue to define) tanks as physical systems and specified for each an engineering 'standardofefficiency'.
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I was greatly impressed by the highstandardofefficiencyand with the cheerful morale of the services generally.
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They should be ready and available for use to the maximum extent; and they should be operated to the optimumstandardofefficiency.
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I feel that this would reassure producers of a safe market and also encourage thestandardofefficiencyso much required.
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Those with a highstandardofefficiencyshould have a bigger share of the market for food, and therefore should get bigger and better incomes.
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What industry can maintain a highstandardofefficiencywith handling equipment of that kind?
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Behind this training there must be astandardofefficiency, and a standard of ethics.
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It is more important to apply some comparativestandardofefficiency, because all the tendency is to be a sealed pattern.
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Some were, in peace and war, excellent units of the highest possiblestandardofefficiency; others, quite frankly, were of a deplorablestandardofefficiency.
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I should like to pay tribute to all concerned for the highstandardofefficiencywhich has been maintained at all times.
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Why should they not have a small sign to show that, in the cadet movement, they achieved astandardofefficiency?
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Anything of that sort would do much to induce the men to keep up a certainstandardofefficiency.
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The officers selected are the senior men who can be regarded as reaching the necessarystandardofefficiency.
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They require and maintain a highstandardofefficiencyon the part of their auditors.
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A highstandardofefficiencyis required in all such cases.
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How is the general lowstandardofefficiencyof the railway organisation to be assessed?
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It does not guarantee that any particularstandardofefficiencyhas been reached.
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That is an impartial statement indicating a lowstandardofefficiencyin the industry.
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Nostandardofefficiencyhas been described, and perhaps none could be, but we have not been told what was the measure of inefficiency.
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One is that there should be a generalstandardofefficiencyso that no time was wasted.
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