standard of purity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstandardandpurity
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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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purity
noun[U]
uk/ˈpjʊə.rə.ti/us/ˈpjʊr.ə.t̬i/
the state of not being mixed with ...
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(Definition ofstandardandpurityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The marks have been the guarantee of authenticity, an absolutestandardofpurityfor the buyer.
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Clearly, water resources are more involved in thestandardofpurity, the lack of pollution in our rivers.
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The water authority have indeed the main responsibility of seeing that all emissions are of an acceptablestandardofpurity.
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They represent an honourable trade in which most exert themselves to produce a highstandardofpurityin their products.
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There will be regulations to ensure that the water with which it is treated is of a certainstandardofpurity.
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They decided to abolish the common law right of pollution and to substitute for it what was called the concept of "standardofpurity".
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The river boards, with their preponderance of local authority members, may be reluctant to prosecute, and thestandardofpuritymay be too easy.
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We were always in danger of running short, and thestandardofpuritywas not too good.
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I have no desire to set myself up as astandardofpurityin politics or anything else.
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Of all the commodities that we use, only two have not got astandardofpurity: one is water, and the other is milk.
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It will have a much higherstandardofpuritythan today.
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Does not this question show the urgent need for inaugurating astandardofpurityfor the water supplies of this country?
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The control of pollution requires the determination and enforcement of an appropriatestandardofpurityfor each substantial discharge.
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The results of these examinations have shown that this butter conforms to thestandardofpurityrequired in this country.
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I do not know of any local authority that has a givenstandardofpurityfor its water supply—not one.
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Thestandardofpurityrequired for the reagent is higher than that of the ordinary industrial grades.
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After all, if a river is clean, there is every argument for introducing by-laws prescribing the higheststandardofpurityand seeing that they are maintained.
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And yet, when you come to investigate conditions in that river and analyse the water later, you may well find that it comes up to yourstandardofpurity.
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While the fishermen are where they are, we are aware that there are fish, and that the water is therefore of a certainstandardofpurity.
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There is nostandardofpurity.
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