I don't understand anyone who would compromise their standards on this.

"Four years down the line, we're not going to have to compromise our standards to get these kids in," he said.

The search is usually hard enough in itself but many students will also have to compromise their standards.

Moreover, he said the school would not want to compromise its standards.

"If market share was your only goal, then you would probably compromise standards along the way," he said.

Not wishing to compromise my own standards, I left this firm very quickly.

Now, despite the lack of formality, he does not plan to compromise his standards.

The fact that he could do so without compromising his personality and artistic standards is a sign for more than hope.

"I can't compromise the magazine's standards of civility," she once said.

I worked to draft a solution that would have allowed this important research to move forward without compromising moral standards.