decent standard

collocation in English

meaningsofdecentandstandard

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decent
adjective
uk
/ˈdiː.sənt/us
/ˈdiː.sənt/
socially acceptable ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofdecentandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On each of these dimensions there were certain tasks which were important for older people in being able to maintain adecentstandardof living.
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As the babyboomers near retirement, assurance of adecentstandardof living has become one of the most debated economic issues of recent times.
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The main criterion in evaluating social rights is the degree to which they provide adecentstandardof living independently of market forces.
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This component measures equality in "access to resources" needed to attain adecentstandardof living.
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They need and deserve proper support and adecentstandardof living from the welfare state.
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My party has already proposed a far-reaching package of measures that is designed to give them back adecentstandardof living.
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Getting a job and earning adecentstandardof living is one of the most important factors in providing better housing.
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Often, the problem is getting relatives to spend their money and have adecentstandardof living.
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They have the right to adecentstandardof living.
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It depends upon them whether we have adecentstandardof living here at all.
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Working hard used to be a way, if not to riches, at least to adecentstandardof living.
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Millions of our citizens are suffering because they can no longer afford adecentstandardof heat and comfort.
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The nation should recognise its duty to them by seeing that they have adecentstandardof existence.
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That crisis does not arise from the fact that our potential production is insufficient, to provide our people with adecentstandardof life.
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It is enough for us to try to set up adecentstandardof living in this country.
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There are certain wages in all industries all over the country that do not support adecentstandardof life.
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Is not there something left over to give adecentstandardof life to the people who work?
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What is adecentstandardof living is entirely relative to the age in which you live.
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We have to get decent conditions for our people; adecentstandard.
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