Sentence examples for a half measures from inspiring English sources

The collection was poured on the floor in front of the Punic Senate, and was judged to be "three and a half measures".

The closing choral, "" (Blessed are those who, out of mercy) is a four-part setting, "symmetrical and predictable until the last two phrases" of two-and-a-half measures each.

Bankruptcy reform is even worse than a half measure.

But it was a half measure, and not helpful to the peace process.

"It's a half measure to put a piece of paper in a court file," she said.

To complete Mr Clegg's problems, he came under attack from MPs who think that the Alternative Vote is a half measure.

This time, President Obama did not compromise with himself beforehand, or put out a half measure in hopes of luring nonexistent Republican support.

Mr. Castro commuted the death sentences for an undetermined number of prisoners this week, although the move was dismissed as a half measure by activists who want an end to persecutions of people who speak out against the government.

Why, if these two men wanted to be married in the country they were born in, would it only be regarded as a "civil partnership" – a title more insulting than anything else, a half measure.

As a non-US-citizen, this strikes me as a half measure — but it's a moot point, since this is clearly driven in part by the fact that, post-Snowden, the world is taking its privacy much more seriously.

She called the Green New Deal proposed in Obama's 2008 platform a "half measure" that "will not work".