norma Englisch:

Smaller classes mean a higher standard of education, and that's what we want for our kids.

standard procedure/practice

That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.

The standard pitch A is used as referential pitch for tuning most of all instruments and is set to 440 Hertz.

I panicked when I read that they expected big protests in Riyadh today, but then my wife reassured me, saying that she had just bought two bottles of olive oil, ensuring our living standard for months, even if oil prices were to explode.

Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.

First we have International English, which will probably become simpler than "standard."

So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful.

The Kansai dialects are said to have a "sing-song" quality because their pitch accents differ from standard Japanese, which comes from the Tokyo dialect.

By averaging the squared difference between each value and the mean and finding the square root of the result, we can find the standard deviation.

The modern version, which is now popularly recognized in China as the standard qipao, was first developed in Shanghai after 1900.

The standard dictates these requirements for the position you want.

I don't want the premium internet option. The standard one will be just fine.

The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.

Retiring at 45 is usually not the norm.

company's norms, values, culture, and structure

golden rule

As a general rule, it's simple to criticize, but difficult to produce alternative suggestions.

Ironically, that old grammar rule that says "never end a sentence with a preposition" does just that!

If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

Many have suffered oppression and misery for a long period of time under the rule of colonialism.

It is not reasonable to suppose that this rule is applicable under any condition.

The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.

The reason the Northern and Southern Dynasties had failed in their rule was that they allowed literary splendor to surpass real substance.

Our school administration decided to do away with that school rule.

It is a firm rule in newspaper articles that second-hand information is clearly noted as such.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

to break (= not obey) the rules. to obey/follow the rules You can't smoke at school, it's against the rules (= not allowed).

We don't drink booze. Foam rules around here.

One of the rules at my school is that we can’t use mobile phones in the classroom.

In formal situation, it is a good idea to follow standard rules when making new contacts.