The phrase "a decent measure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a reasonable or satisfactory amount or degree of something, often in the context of evaluation or assessment.
Example: "The new policy has resulted in a decent measure of improvement in employee satisfaction."
Alternatives: "a fair amount" or "a reasonable measure."
Though the Tigers demand independence for the north-east, most Tamils would settle for a decent measure of autonomy.
Cassell recalls that he guarded, with a decent measure of achievement, Derek Harper in the Knick series and Penny Hardaway in the Orlando series.
They point out that the increase in entropy in any part of the Universe is a decent measure of the complexity that exists there.
Indeed, if damage-control was the mission, Mr Obama may claim a decent measure of success.Mr Obama began with an assessment of what was wrong, and the steps needed to repair it.
Sometimes she seemed as if she'd had very little previous experience onstage, and the degree to which that could seem a strength made a decent measure of her skill.
Three games on Sunday this week - Philadelphia Union face Chicago Fire in what could be a decent measure of relative progress for both sides, after decent second quarters of the season.
How do you test your GHB? Proportion is very important, that's why a decent measuring cup and balance are crucial.
The HDI is a summary measure of three dimensions of human development: living a long and healthy life (measured by life expectancy), being educated (measured by adult literacy and educational enrolment) and having a decent standard of living (measured by the purchasing power of per capita income).
A decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita (PPP US$). Figure 12: Comparisons of PingER losses seen from N. America to various countries versus various U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) indicators.
I think you can get a pretty decent measure of whether people are good people or not based on the following metric: If they were to get proposed to, would they say the words "popped the question"?
I saw my first Islamist recruitment in the mid-eighties in Dreux, a town near Chartres with a small but decent measure of assimilation.
