31.   I mean, if they lowered the standards for her ...

32.   I will not lower the standards.

33.   If the Bush administration had waited for public comment, the effective date would have passed, possibly weakening its grounds for lowering the standard.

34.   If you lower your standards even a little bit you will hate yourself for it a few days from now.

35.   If you want him to be an equal partner, you must treat him like one, even if it means you have to lower your standards a bit.

36.   In an opinion written by Chief Justice Joseph P. Warner,the court said that phrase lowered the standard for finding someone guilty of murder in the second degree.

37.   In his speech, Clinton also made a pitch for free trade, directly confronting Democratic fears that unrestrained trade would lower environmental standards and hurt worker security.

38.   In move that surprised many at the contentious meeting, board chairman John R. Silber cast the deciding vote to lower the standard.

39.   It also eliminated a provision that lowered the standard of proof for prosecuting gun stores and other distributors that provide weapons that are later used in crimes.

40.   It lowers his standard of quality.