“These guidelines are in place to maintain a standard of safety in our work environment.”

“Your inappropriate behavior has violated at least one standard of decency that I can think of.”

“The standard of food in this restaurant has certainly gone up a notch since the last time we were here.”

“The standardization of manufacturing processes across all factories ensures consistent product quality and efficiency.”

“Lack of standardization of the pulse oximeters resulted in use of several probes in a short period.”

“However, clocks and watches suffered from a lack of precision in both operation and standardization.”

“Utzon's key geometrics, the systems of standardisation and repetition, made for economy as well as for logic and beauty.”

“The rationale behind testing is the standardisation of education, the production of predictable and replicable outcomes in the classroom.”

“The Government set up the new proposals following pressure from parents and others for greater standardisation of terms and holidays.”

“The problem is that their professed standards are at odds with their lack of self-awareness.”