absolute standard

Absolute standards of poverty can fall short in other ways.

"Regardless of whether it is based on an absolute standard or not."

There appear to be few absolute standards in publishing these days.

One almost absolute standard is the controlled access nature of the roads.

It should not be a substitute for high absolute standards."

"I'd rather be on an absolute standard, where being black doesn't matter."

Or perhaps we should seek absolute standards and ignore international ranking.

We must learn to judge books by absolute standards.

He didn't seem to carry an absolute standard through the galleries.

The scientist seeks to understand the world and operates against an absolute standard.

The search for some absolute standard of finish can only seem academic and misplaced.

To decide that one would have to have access to absolute standards.

But for us, the only absolute standard of behavior is the commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves.

That, in turn, would depend on his status, not his absolute standard of living.

"There are absolute standards of right and wrong, Mac."

A. There is no single, absolute standard or reference we use to determine when to adopt a new geographic name.

The point is, that without any sensible absolute standard, forecast evaluation must be taken as relative.

It will try to establish national tests graded on absolute standards of what children ought to know.

An absolute standard of good and evil is something many people crave, particularly at a time when values seem to be crumbling.

If you're old enough to remember life in the fifties or even earlier you'll know that everyone's absolute standard of living has improved materially.

For example, science - the search for the rules that govern the natural world - has absolute standards.

There is a psychological reason for this, which is unconnected with any absolute standard of performance.

"It's good to have managers try to commit to absolute standards, so everybody can be rewarded if they exceed a particular standard," he said.

For him it was an absolute standard.

But it is not the absolute standard of living that determines a people's morale, but the momentum.