6 sentences with 'standard'
Example sentences and phrases with the word standard and other words derived from it.
• « Some study participants will undergo standard oestrogen replacement therapy; others will take a placebo, and all will be examined periodically for at least six years to determine which and how many have signs of Alzheimer's disease. »
• « In about 650 BC, the Lydians came up with the idea of using pieces of gold and silver that had a standard weight. They soon formalised the system by stamping marks on the lumps to create the first real (though crude) coins, called staters. »
• « Euclid's work on geometry, The Elements, was still used as the standard textbook in many mathematics courses well into the 20th century, thousands of years after its composition. »
• « The imperial office controlled the minting of coins, which remained the standard currency as far afield as France and England, because the coins were weighted and reliably backed by the imperial government. »
• « The Vikings went in search of riches of all kinds, but especially silver, which was their standard of wealth, and slaves, which were equally lucrative. »
• « Armies were not only larger, but better disciplined, trained and "standardised". For the first time, soldiers received standard uniforms. »