All we're going to get paid for at American standards.

The budget is $18 million, not high for a war movie by American standards.

Yes, it was poor by American standards but the people were rich in many ways.

Texas is a very strange place, even by American standards.

At the same time, by American standards she is very conservative.

American Standard agreed to be bought for $2.6 billion, or $79 a share, people close to the deal said.

Under the American standard, that has no effect on the company's reported profit.

Some viewed it as an American standard for the next century.

After all, she set the American standard for business entertaining.