vehicle standard

collocation in English

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vehicle
noun
uk
/ˈvɪə.kəl/us
/ˈviː.ə.kəl/
formal
a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods, especially ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofvehicleandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No uniform or minimumvehiclestandardis required in the clause, which is appalling given that these cars will travel about 100,000 miles a year.
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Scotland can, but chooses not to, define a nationalvehiclestandard.
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For all the improvements of recent years, the pace of legislative change in vehicle standards is slow.
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Likewise, it is these services which vehicle standards need to be adjusted to permit of one-man operation on productivity grounds.
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Our vehicle standards research feeds into international collaborative agreements where the combined research effort of all participants is used.
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They were overdue and now provide the opportunity to seek improvements in many areas, in particular, journey times, vehicle standards and enforcement.
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If animals have to travel, welfare legislation provides a number of controls to protect them, including maximum journey times, vehicle standards and transporter competence.
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By this means, vehicle standards are improved and the danger of a vehicle defect causing a road accident is lessened.
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Across the world people are working on hydrogen vehicle standards.
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Much has already been done by regulation of vehicle standards, by testing, by—a recent example—rear markings on heavy and long vehicles.
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The second section covers vehicle standards and is a little more complicated.
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Much development of this kind is undertaken by manufacturers for commercial reasons or under the stimulus of new vehicle standards required by regulation.
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This debate is important also with respect to vehicle standards.
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That decision will always have a subjective element because a great deal of enforcement of vehicle standards is carried out by the police.
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We had a wealth of detailed legislation setting out the vehicle standards and other requirements which transporters had to meet.
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That is what is required for the new technology being developed to meet the indicative 2005 vehicle standards.
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New vehicle standards already in place for 1996–97 will deliver improvements in catalyst warm-up time.
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We need government initiatives affecting the individual use of cars through regulation, fiscal instruments, road pricing, vehicle standards, traffic management and above all the provision of more efficient public transport.
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It will not only cover areas that are traditional road safety areas but also issues of road engineering, vehicle standards and the whole question of speed policy and speed limitation.
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Vehicle standards in the bus industry are an area of concern to my department.
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