Sentence examples for a measure applied from inspiring English sources

In 1791 another bill was passed that enabled British Catholics to practice their religion without fear of civil penalties, a measure applied on a much wider scale by the Irish Parliament with the Relief Act of 1793, which granted Irish Roman Catholics the franchise and admission to most civil offices.

This is a temporary measure applied by moderators to a very small handful of people based entirely on patterns of actual behaviour, and should result relatively quickly in either their posting ability being suspended completely if no improvement is shown, or the filter being removed.

It argues that assessing police performance is a "disciplinary measure" applied by the government to control the police.

Media attention aside, if the Chippewas are granted a "leave to appeal" (a momentary legal measure applied until an issue is resolved), this would put the legality of Enbridge operating the pipeline in jeopardy.

All these instruments use a spring to measure applied force with an indicator to show the maximum test force.

The instrument comprises 15 items taken from the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form, a well-validated PRO measure applied in a broad spectrum of medical conditions [ 25] and includes four items assessing 'Pain severity' and seven items assessing 'Pain interference'.

In fact, the Gaussian Kernel gives the largest possible difference between the quadratic independence measure applied on a vector A with i.i.d uniformly independent components and the quadratic independence measure applied on a vector B = MA, here M is a full rank mixing matrix.

Hank, in textile manufacture, unit of measure applied to a length of yarn or to a loose assemblage of fibres forming a single strand, and varying according to the fibre origin.

It is a revenue measure applying generally to those earning their living in the community.

As a first aid measure apply pressure over the bleeding wound.

This paper reports on findings from a UK retrofit project that aims to bridge this gap by comparing a range of measures applied to a Victorian Terraced property with a 'control' property renovated to more usual renovation standards.