The phrase "a measure of depth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent or degree of something, particularly in contexts related to physical depth or metaphorical depth, such as in analysis or understanding.
Example: "The scientist took a reading to determine a measure of depth in the ocean at that location."
Alternatives: "a gauge of depth" or "an assessment of depth".
And when the accents waver, the actors falter and the dialogue sounds like soap opera on stilts, the landscape lends a measure of depth and grandeur, mutely imploring us to ignore the fuss in the foreground.
The addition of Umenyiora will provide the Giants' already fearsome defensive line with yet another dangerous pass rusher, providing a measure of depth that should not only keep it fresh but make things more difficult for opposing offensive lines.
It was the kind of reading that made a listener prize the details of Ravel's orchestration more than ever, both as a textbook demonstration of orchestral color and for giving this already vivid piano score a measure of depth and shading that Mussorgsky could never have achieved.
Yet he also, mostly with a pair of sad eyes, brought a measure of depth to even his most ridiculous roles, as when he played a Quebecois firefighter who has to foil a terrorist plot and save his children during a hockey game in the "Die Hard" cosplay "Sudden Death".
But there were affecting solo performances, most notably those by Stephen Sands, a tenor with a focused, powerful tone; Melissa Attebury and Virginia Warnken, both rich-toned altos who brought a measure of depth to their performances; and Martha Cluver, whose fluid, dark-hued soprano enlivened the section from "There Were Shepherds" through "And Suddenly There Was With the Angel".
Thus, WAF tests as a measure of depth knowledge should assess learners' generalized, decontextualized knowledge of a stimulus word (i.e., "words that always belong to the target word;" p. 157), such as fruit, yellow, and peel for banana, rather than knowledge of incidental, content-dependent meanings (e.g., monkey for banana).
More than 95 percent of the students here receive federal meal benefits, local officials said — a measure of the depth of poverty in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Long-term joblessness is largely a measure of the depth of employment loss during the recession from the end of 2007 to mid-2009.
Yet this devastation was perfectly arbitrary, and it is a measure of the depth of Sri Lanka's troubles that for this reason the tsunami was widely regarded there not only as a disaster but also as an occasion for hope.
It was a measure of the depth of Warrington's squad that Smith felt able to omit Brett Hodgson and Trent Waterhouse, two compatriots whose vast experience includes both State of Origin rugby and Grand Finals in Sydney.
The shooting was a measure of the depth of the country's divisions and the treacherous effect they have on Bangkok as a city, the hub of mainland Southeast Asia.
