Sentences with phrase «standard dictates»

Though there's not a fixed debt - to - income ratio that lenders require, the old standard dictates that no more than 28 percent of your gross monthly income be devoted to housing costs.

Though there's not a fixed debt - to - income ratio that lenders require, the standard dictates that no more than 28 percent of your gross monthly income be devoted to housing costs.

He should be shown as the standard dictates, with a natural coat, not excessively sculpted or barbered.

Although the Ocicat looks highly similar to the Egyptian Mau, their spots are to be large, well scattered, and thumb print shaped (as the breed standard dictates).

For instance, our company standard dictates 45 mm [1.8 inch] maximum accelerator pedal travel for the typical passenger car.

In the same way that brand standards dictate a color palette to a designer, or coding standards dictate naming conventions to an engineer, management standards take guesswork out of the equation, informing every manager at the organization what to do, and when.

Bourbon is distilled entirely from grains — industry standards dictate that it must be at least 51 percent corn.

Modern safety standards dictate that the distance between the slats should be no more than 2 3/8 ″; this is because any more can mean your child getting a limb stuck.

Federal standards dictate that car seats be evaluated for safety at speeds of 30 mph, but some companies will even go above and beyond this.

While Monsoon does not run their own factories or directly employ the artisans who create their products these days, they do ensure that each supplier they work with complies with ETI standards dictating working conditions, pay and employee rights.

In states where the NEA is dominant, state and local standards dictate that tenured teachers, no matter how incompetent, can not lose their jobs.

And I don't think the standards themselves dictate that.

It's no longer enough to have one classroom computer and let students play a game when their work is finished, as the standards dictate that basic keyboarding (actual typing instruction) will begin in early elementary school and computer literacy will involve actually creating original works on computers.

Industry standards dictate that the letters must use Times New Roman font, 12 - point character size, and the lines should be single - spaced.

It is a standard dictated by the government designed to clarify deposit yields.

Various breeds standards dictate the preferred shape of the ear.

At this time, there is no standard dictating coat type or color.

The breed standards dictate that conformation so why should insurers pay for it?

It was clear that — after 12 decades of partition, 6 years of Nazi terror, and 44 years of Russian and Communist subjugation — few Poles are in any mood to have their lives, liberties, and living standards dictated by the European Union and United Nations, under the guise of «protecting the planet» from the supposed «ravages» of «cataclysmic» global warming (or «climate change» or «climate disruption» or whatever the catch - phrase of the week might be).

Professional standards dictate guidelines as to what medical assistants can and can not do.

Professional standards dictate appraisers must follow practices of their peers in certain aspects of the valuation process.

Not exact matches

«The assessments by Standard & Poor's appear dictated more by newspaper articles than reality and appear to be tainted by political considerations,» he fumed.

She has employed strong language: «Washington [in the prior administration] dictated that schools must use the lowest standard of proof....

If you have no other standard than the dictates of your own comfort, then so what?

What this means for the minister as counselor, is the importance both of striving for inner wholeness for oneself and of looking at one's counselees and parishioners as whole persons, individuals who are free to grow into whatever their own potential dictates rather than according to some arbitrary cultural or religious standards of «femininity» and «masculinity.»

In the latest stage of liberalism, such actions must conform to secular standards of morality as dictated by the state.

It may even be the case that faithful Catholics can not avoid choosing between the standard American political options and the dictates of their faith.

This helps explain why our debt burden has not yet triggered what standard economic theory would dictate: a steep decline in the value of the U.S. dollar followed by a severe contraction of the American economy when we found we could no longer afford the foreign goods we like so much.

Without an invitation, and with only a legal threat, the ACLU was able to force the school board the change its policy, dictate the outcome of the controversy, and lower societal standards.

However, the «Berlin» type of excellent schooling did dictate prevailing standards of academically respectable education, which theological education embraced and to which it has held itself accountable.

There is a continuing piety in the land that dictates the inclusion of a Lincoln quotation in every major political address — most commonly, if unintentionally, to justify a crude departure from the high standard of Lincoln's judgment.

It is a religion because it dictates how a person shall find security, self - esteem, standards of value, and reasons for living.

And as far as dictating policies, yes, we have a univeral moral standard.

Because it is difficult to prescribe such minimum standards, the law prohibits unconscionable conduct, leaving it to the courts to determine in a given case whether the conduct fails to conform to the dictates of good conscience.

Yet, we throw away nearly 26 % of all produce before it even reaches the grocery store due mostly to cosmetic standards from large grocers that dictate exactly how fruits and veggies should look.

«They also dictate the brand's uncompromisingly high standards and help guarantee the authenticity and quality of every pot, bowl and cup served.»

The moment that the «B» sample from Morales» first test came back positive, standard testing protocol dictated that this information be forwarded to the New York State Athletic Commission.

So, standard logic dictated we too should have been at -6 1/2, or -6 as well right?

Although the BTSC purports to recommend, rather than dictate, a preferred infant sleeping position, it has, in fact, set a standard of care that many pediatricians are reluctant to disregard [41].

Another reason why HISD should go above ferderal standards and set policy dictated by what is best for our children and not what is best for the potato lobby.

The new standards, which go into effect July 1, mark the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture program will directly dictate nutrition for any food sold in schools during the school day — not just the traditional lunches and breakfasts long subsidized through the federal school lunch program.

KIMBERLY MURPHY: Because it dictates the standard of care.

We've already talked on The Lunch Tray about whether that claim is actually true and, at any rate, whether the dietary needs of athletes should dictate standards for a mostly - sedentary student population.

Further, the meal patterns determine whether a meal is reimbursable; in order for a school to receive reimbursement for a meal served, it must contain components dictated by the most current meal pattern standards.

The new standards have met with grumbling from school nutrition officials who say they are difficult and expensive to follow, conservatives who say the government shouldn't be dictating what kids eat and — unsurprisingly — from some children who say the less - greasy food doesn't taste as good.

Note that I do believe this question is on - topic, since the moral standards and culture of a country dictates whom it elects as its politicians which in turn dictates which policies it enforces.

In December, Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) had severed reciprocity rights of gun owners in 25 states with concealed - weapons standards looser than Virginia's — a move that had infuriated gun - rights activists even though state law has long dictated that reciprocity be limited to states with standards on par with Virginia's.

The rules of standard quantum mechanics dictate that light behaves the same no matter whether it first passes through a normal material and then through a metamaterial or vice versa.

introduced legislation that would give the states of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as ranchers — all proven hostile to Mexican wolf recovery — the right to dictate the terms of the species» recovery, undermining the scientific standards of the Endangered Species Act.

introduced legislation today that would give the states of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as ranchers, the right to dictate the terms of Mexican gray wolf recovery, undermining the scientific standards of the Endangered Species Act.