1.   New manufacturing must adhere to world standards.

2.   Although Japanese interest rates are very low by world standards, their recent rise makes borrowing more expensive at home, further depressing an already feeble economy.

3.   American tracks are notoriously rough by world standards.

4.   Americans may feel battered by tough economic times, but by world standards they are doing just fine.

5.   All the big electronics companies have their own ideas about the best recording technology, and are vying to make their own systems the world standard.

6.   But by world standards, the U.S. inclusion of internal political issues is not moderate.

7.   But many corporations remained and sought to raise productivity levels to world standards.

8.   But Russian oil and gas companies still look dirt cheap by world standards.

9.   But this, like her, was no ordinary record, even by world standards.

10.   By world standards, land in Patagonia is relatively inexpensive.