In fact, he wrote, China's human rights record remained far below basic international standards.

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.

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

Its people struggled to maintain their basic standards of living.

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.

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

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

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