CRITERIA in a Sentence

Learn CRITERIA from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

12 example sentences for CRITERIA, such as:

1. She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.
2. The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money.
3. No candidate fulfils all the criteria for this position.
4. The enrolment criteria are geographical rather than academic.
5. These criteria were used to determine the scope of the curriculum.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRITERIA
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criteria
 n.  standard, rule, or test on which a judgment or decision can be based
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Example Sentence:
1  The allocation must be made according to a strict set of criteria.
2  The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money.
3  From these studies we've developed criteria to identify who needs to go to a coronary care unit and who doesn't.
4  The UN has established detailed criteria for who should be allowed to vote.
5  No candidate fulfils all the criteria for this position.
6  These criteria were used to determine the scope of the curriculum.
7  She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.
8  The enrolment criteria are geographical rather than academic.
9  The current diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa reflect this evolutionary process but they have yet to achieve the final category.
10  More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for promotion within the company.
11  We're looking for a very specific sort of person and this woman seems to fulfil all of our criteria.
12  This spring, the health department established a set of criteria for such clinics, including an offer of primary-care appointments within 24 hours of first contact.