Broadcasters, who oppose any numerical standards, are relieved that the issue will be tied up for a while longer.

The draft proposal establishes numerical standards for the cleanup of contaminated areas.

It may be very difficult to determine whether equipment conforms to certain of the numerical standards either by making measurements, or approaching the manufacturer.

There are numerical standards in the U.S. for aesthetic acceptability of these parameters.

The revised rule would require that contractors expand the pool of minority members and women considered for hiring and promotion, but without any numerical standards.

And Mr. Humphrey still laughs about the team that was supposed to create "world class" housekeeping, as well as a numerical standard by which to judge it.

Criticism by Environmentalists Several environmental groups criticized the E.P.A.'s decision not to set any numerical standards for lead in drinking water from the user's tap.

Mr. Clinton stressed that Japan's reluctance to set numerical standards for determining whether Japan was really opening its markets was "an unsustainable policy."

Many European cities are still treating noise as the U.S. did in the 1960s, as a nuisance and not as a numerical standard to be achieved.

Many air management districts in the USA have numerical standards of acceptability for the intensity of odor that is allowed to cross into a residential property.