Similarly, they are not intended to represent the appropriate or desirable levels of federal taxes and spending.

They also had low-density lipoprotein levels of 135 or higher, which is above the desirable level.

Originally it was used to describe a recovery of price to a previous desirable level after a fall caused by a recession.

"We normally think 800 million to a billion bushels is a more desirable level of stocks."

But all the efficiency in the world would not restore services to a desirable level.

Identify the gaps between the organization's current practices and the desirable level of maturity for each principle.

Charges will be geared to cut traffic to a desirable level.

It is responsible and well able to reconcile political priorities with desirable levels of implementation.

At present, the overall recovery rate is far from the desirable level.

Experts disagree about the desirable level of deficit, leaving the public uncertain.