Sentence examples for a definitive measure from inspiring English sources

His willingness to do so now would be a definitive measure of his commitment to reform.

They may not know what an assignment means, what a score indicates, or that a single grade is not a definitive measure of ability.

If one wanted a definitive measure of the anti-European bias of our financial commentators, it has been the exaggerated reaction to present uncertainties over national government bank support schemes within the European Union.

This year's index, derived from the responses of more than 12,000 consumers in eight countries, provides a definitive measure of which brands excel at providing simple experiences – and reveals rising brands that could threaten these incumbents.

The absence of political or economic problems is not a definitive measure of human happiness: there is reason to believe than during the quiescent 1950s, a time of great social stability, people got through the day with gritted teeth and little to look forward to.

This is a useful indication of duck preferences for water depth, but not a definitive measure because observations of bathing behaviour suggested that pools of different depths were used in different ways (30 cm pools were more suitable for swimming, but more dabbling was performed in the 10 cm pools than in deeper pools) and because not all groups of ducks made the same choices.

Because liposome tubulation is a more clearly defined morphological category, we consider it to be a more definitive measure of OPA1 activity.

The probe test given 30 minutes following training serves as a second and more definitive measure of spatial learning.

While animal challenges remain the most definitive measure of the susceptibility of a species to a TSE, a number of in vitro assays have been developed to assess the potential for interspecies TSE transmissions.

"The Official Charts are the definitive measure of an artist's popularity in the UK, so it's crucial they keep pace with the different ways that fans enjoy music," said chief executive Geoff Taylor.

Such an endpoint can be used as definitive measure of treatment clinical efficacy instead of OS if it is surrogate for OS.