objective standard

collocation in English

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objective
adjective
uk
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/us
/əbˈdʒek.tɪv/
based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs ...
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standard
noun
uk
/ˈstæn.dəd/us
/ˈstæn.dɚd/
a level ...
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(Definition ofobjectiveandstandardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Utilitarians identify anobjectivestandardfor calculating outcomes and employ that standard in policy decision.
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Should the agent be held to a 'reasonable person' standard, or an 'ideal person' standard, or some still moreobjectivestandard?
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It reaches out toward anobjectivestandardthat is actually glimpsed, though never fully or infallibly.
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This approach still may not ensure that comparable data is being collected because there is noobjectivestandardfor standardizing internally perceived experiences.
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In all, he insists that anobjectivestandardof reasonableness, based on a principled balance of the relevant interests reflective of equality and reciprocity, should be applied.
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This is the ability to serve as a frame of reference or anobjectivestandardfor correctness, and for the perception and evaluation of poetic speech.
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The first scheme for understanding enhancement is one that originates in the discussion of futility and in attempts to divine anobjectivestandardby which futile treatments could be identified.
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On the most fundamental level, proponents and opponents assume that there is anobjectivestandardin morality, while disagreeing on what the ultimate standard of that morality might be.
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Ripstein's approach to tort and criminal law, then, puts heavy pressure on theobjectivestandardof reasonableness that he thinks a political conception of risk ownership will yield.
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The adoption of anobjectivestandardalso facilitates enormously the administrative working of any scheme.
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It is far preferable to have theobjectivestandardnumber system, we believe, with provision and appropriate procedures to vary it where necessary.
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By anyobjectivestandardthey were modest, exposing us to criticism for their timidity as well as their boldness.
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By what conceivableobjectivestandardcan one justify that?
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Similarly, there is noobjectivestandardof what is overspending or underspending.
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That definition provides noobjectivestandardagainst which the action or inaction of a solicitor can be compared.
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It is apparently anobjectivestandardfor the decision of the tribunal and the courts on the evidence adduced.
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There is again noobjectivestandardto say whether the tests are valid and good.
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Shoppers will therefore have anobjectivestandardof comparison for the prices of these key products.
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There is no externalobjectivestandardby which to measure it.
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