That is the sort of basic standard we should expect in the future, if this goes through.

These basic standards must be met before a discussion on status can begin.

We must hold our elected school officials to certain basic standards of knowledge about the world.

Half our kids can't meet basic standards in math and English.

It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services.

What's needed is are basic standards for patient information and its transfer over the Internet.

Its people struggled to maintain their basic standards of living.

They are refusing to offer a basic standard of care to patients who even paid for at least that.

If private plans can't meet basic standards for quality service, they should not be in the program."

"But, there is a basic standard of human rights that we have to protect.

"There is a basic standard of taste for what we put out on the air.

Advocates say that could make basic standards for health care even more elusive.

The most basic standard of all - health care - is totally absent from some schools.

It has failed to gain certification as meeting basic standards since 1984.

They are about using science and setting basic standards of sanitation to save lives.

Individual businesses can see merit in rules that drive up basic standards across Europe.

"The vast majority doesn't meet basic standards of scholarship," he said.

There are two basic standards for voltage and frequency in the world.

But they wanted someone to help them get basic standards of decency and fairness.

There are the same concerns about the basic standards as in the United States.

"I think the more our elected leaders try to protect some basic standards and decency the better off we'll all be."

We all need to insist upon a basic standard of truth from our elected officials, community leaders, business associates, friends, and families.

This article provided excellent insight into why the basic standards are not enough anymore.

Every workplace must meet some basic standards of comfort and sanitation.

From an international relations perspective, Israel meets basic standards for legitimacy.