But also a number of other nations began to look for and develop a standard variety in the 16th century.
That's because they are the standard variety, with laces and cleats.
Brazilians, when concerned with pronunciation, look up to what is considered the national standard variety, and never the European one.
The seeds were the standard varieties used along roadsides for erosion control.
More often, though, standard varieties are understood only implicitly.
It is the written form of the language, the standard variety learned at school and that spoken by newsreaders on the radio.
This film may show us all the standard varieties of their professional pain: the injuries, the exhaustion, the low pay, the competition for roles.
The seed costs 30 percent more than standard varieties, he said, but the premium is worth it.
But several other nations also began to develop a standard variety in the 16th century.