It is time for people to realize that things like the law and accounting and reporting standards represent the floor of acceptable behavior and not the ceiling!
Law, accounting, and reporting standards are not the ceiling for acceptable behavior
things like law and accounting and reporting standards very much are the floor of acceptable behavior
Jon thought pleasantly of the villagers.
The girls is wearing something.
Most of the time the pebble beach is quite empty and quiet.
Maybe this is not so much a prediction for the future than a reflection on the town's troubled past.
kids are sleeping
Stinking fish is a reference to body odor.