current standard

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandstandard

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrent standard

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But, as this particular notion of sustainable development is concerned only with thecurrentstandardof living, it is not easy to defend.
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What is the potential incremental budgetary impact of adoption of the technology in comparison to thecurrentstandardof care?
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These types of measures, although still providing only cursory indicators of population health, are an improvement over thecurrentstandardof life expectancy alone.
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The comparator is thecurrentstandardof treatment, nonpegylated interferon alfa.
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All these approaches produce orders of magnitude more sequence information thancurrentstandardsequencing.
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In most instances, these predictions were judged highly unlikely by thecurrentstandardmodels.
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Households make up their own minds on theircurrentstandardof living.
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Radiotherapy is thecurrentstandardof palliative care however, whilst it can improve neurologic symptoms it does not alter disease outcome.
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Our empirical results suggest that there is good reason to question thecurrentstandardreasoning behind the assumption that social assistance benefits in practice define a minimum wage.
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Overall, the text is uncritical ofcurrentstandard, structured approaches to quality-of-life measurement and largely assumes that concepts such as ' health-related quality-of-life ' are accepted when indeed they are widely contested.
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The death grant was increased to itscurrentstandardrate of £30 in 1967.
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In other words, we cannot maintain ourcurrentstandardof living.
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This information will not be available until next year, when all instructors will have been tested to thecurrentstandard.
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Additional information was gathered from heads of inspection regarding thecurrentstandardof provision.
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Thecurrentstandardspecification for motorways provides for a completely impervious surface, a stronger base, more elaborate drainage and wider and stronger hard shoulders.
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I would also like to see a corporation tax, amalgamating thecurrentstandardrate and the current profits tax.
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We are considering the development and testing of a new fitness rating to replace thecurrentstandard.
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None the less, according to thecurrentstandard, such a room can sleep two adults and a child under one year old.
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