national standard

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandstandard

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofnationalandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A world standard is not however simply one or morenationalstandardwrit large.
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At an intra-national level, by contrast, such linguistic gatekeeping works via the setting of anationalstandard.
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The way in which thisnationalstandardis enacted in the inspection process is described using a content analysis of the inspection reports from 226 care homes for older people.
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Thatnationalstandardneeds to be reviewed and changed.
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The investors in people initiative sets a newnationalstandardfor effective investment in people.
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The patients charternationalstandardrequires that a patient be given a specific appointment time and be seen within 30 minutes of that time.
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We are also agreed that there has to be anationalstandardto ensure universal quality of inspection.
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The salaries earned even by teachers in secondary schools are extremely low by the averagenationalstandard.
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It is thenationalstandardfor well managed organisations that develop employees to meet their overall objectives.
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The new quality control regime is coming into play, and will deliver for the first time anationalstandardfor the education of four-year-olds.
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We want to maintain the newnationalstandard, and to help all we can.
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On these our industrial advance depends, and with it the raising of ournationalstandardof life.
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It should therefore be possible to use this network to achieve agreement on anationalstandard.
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Will he try to introduce anationalstandardpolicy, because the present system is distressing to poor people?
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We are bringing together the requirements into anationalstandardthat should make it clearer and easier to meet them.
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Last year we set the firstnationalstandardfor the waiting time from general practitioner referral to being seen by a hospital specialist.
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This has not changed since 1965, but is now anationalstandardunder the patients charter.
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They want to know how their local schools are functioning compared with thenationalstandard.
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The patients charter sets anationalstandardrequiring arrangements to be made to ensure that everyone, including people with special needs, can use the services.
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