The production costs of the company remain high, by world standards.

Unemployment of 4.8 percent, small by world standards, is a record here.

None of the ports could be considered major by world standards.

By world standards, the American economy remains a continuing success.

Finally to conform to world standards the light was changed to red in 2007.

As this happens, some form of American speech will become a "world standard."

The quality of education available in these schools is not, by world standards, good.

By world standards, production costs for Iraqi oil are relatively low.

After all, this is about an international world standard, and we will need to maintain very high standards.

He has no idea how modest, by world standards, his hopes are.