The "idealist method" judges films by a predetermined standard.

Calibration can also be seen from a mathematical point of view in which the flowmeters are standardized by determining the deviation from the predetermined standard so as to ascertain the proper correction factors.

This practice continuously compares budgeted amounts with actuals and as such is providing some measure of performance against a predetermined standard.

If no company produces a vaccine that meets the predetermined standards, governments (and thus their taxpayers) spend nothing.

They should be paying the primary-care physicians a reasonable income and not holding them hostage to some predetermined standards.

The top two finishers qualified for the world indoor championships next month in Budapest, provided their performances met the predetermined standards.

In the regular mathematics test - the one not measured against predetermined standards - students' average proficiency at all three ages was significantly higher in 1990 than in 1978.

The efficiency of an operation should therefore be compared to a predetermined standard or target.

The "idealist method" judges films by predetermined standards.

But for two or the maximum three competitors per event, the predetermined qualifying standard must be met.