Sentence examples for a basic test of from inspiring English sources

But more to the point, the conservative indictment fails a basic test of philosophical consistency.

Mr. Christie said the Republicans had failed a "basic test of public service".

A basic test of government is its ability to prevent large-scale harm to its citizens' health and survival.

Perhaps most of all, he is being criticized for failing a basic test of French politics — protecting the country's pride.

For one thing, both of them passed what seems like a basic test of public life, by getting significant groups of people — voters, reporters, their fellow politicians — to actually like them.

–Put Some Credit in "Accredited": Accredited investors responsible for other people's money should be required to meet minimum qualifications, attend a few educational classes and pass a basic test of knowledge of the markets.

"Senate Republicans are attempting to jam through a nominee who fails any basic test of transparency and honesty required from a public official.

A study of subprime borrowers in the Northeast found that, of the people who scored in the bottom quartile on a very basic test of calculation skills, a full twenty per cent had been foreclosed on, compared with just five per cent of those in the top quartile.

The runoff election between Ossoff and Handel in the Georgia Sixth will be a more basic test of the partisanship in that district.

The algorithm was highly parallelizable, and it was selected to perform a first basic test of the entire flow.

Second, the PVT is a very basic test of reaction time and vigilance that has no learning curve and would be difficult to consciously or unconsciously under-perform in order to later out-perform one's results following meditation.