consistent standard
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsistentandstandard
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consistent
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪs.tənt/us/kənˈsɪs.tənt/
always behaving or happening in a similar, especially ...
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standard
noun
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofconsistentandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What, then, might provide aconsistentstandardagainst which to judge the extent of differences when they are observed?
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Thus, at present there does not appear to be aconsistentstandardfor judging whether there are overall developmental effects.
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Furthermore, many of the minority references to published literature were incomplete and did not conform to anyconsistentstandardof citation.
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A nonparametric test usingconsistentstandarderrors.
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It will become impossible to secure any sensible maintenance of aconsistentstandardof education.
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This would make it extremely difficult to maintain aconsistentstandardand could seriously threaten the viability of the in lieu system.
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We are in discussions to ensure that we have aconsistentstandardof habitable accommodation for those serving at home and those serving abroad.
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It is the only safeguard to ensure that children's needs are assessed to a clear andconsistentstandard.
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We shall be able to guarantee pensioners at least aconsistentstandardof living.
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I do not understand how that can lead to aconsistentstandardof inspection.
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This would be grossly unfair, yet it is not impossible because the two are not working to aconsistentstandard.
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The result, as people in the trade know, is a complete nonsense and it is not possible to enforce aconsistentstandardof interpretation of the exemption.
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According to aconsistentstandard, the numbers of low-paid workers have nearly doubled, and for the first time pensioners have been hammered in large numbers by housing benefit cuts.
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The underlying principle is to give each authority a level of support which would allow authorities across the country to provide aconsistentstandardof service.
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The principal goal of the survey is to track retail rate increases from year to year using aconsistentstandard.
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