Statistics indicate that our living standards have risen.

Given a high level of bond issues, the cost to service them will increase.

Argument continues about the "White collar exemption" that exempts specific white collar workers from the "8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours a week," working hours fixed by the Labour Standards Act.

The reformed Labour Standards Act will be in force from Jan 1st 2004.

Having made all the preparations, he set out for Tokyo.

You should have known better than to take an examination without preparing for it.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.

Corporate bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.

Accepting the other's norms is submitting to the other's power.

In proportion as our GNP increases, our living standards go up.

I know better than to climb winter mountains without making all necessary preparations beforehand.

As for the standard of living, the republic has caught up with the West.

The team won the semifinals and advanced to the finals.

What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner?

The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates.