Doctors' first obligations are now to offer treatment according to "acceptable standards of care."

Coastal water quality in most areas, however, are within acceptable standards.

Spent 5 to 7 years learning the craft to an internationally acceptable standard.

The problems with bad loans "are clearly within acceptable standards," he added.

Students who achieve an acceptable standard may have the opportunity to progress to degree studies.

Parents should be informed if something's not acceptable to community standards.

Your speaking up helps hold the police to acceptable standards of behavior.

They will also be expected to submit answer books that are of acceptable standard.

Another seems to know much less but can pass, and may even show a reasonably acceptable standard.

That may not sound like much (the current acceptable federal standard is 80 parts per billion).