Sentence examples for a partial measure from inspiring English sources

But the length of the lines is only a partial measure of the crisis.

"You can't just have a partial measure and wait to be attacked by everyone.

Standing alone, however, the LSAT and/or GRE provide only a partial measure of an individual's promise for legal study.

Even its creator, Simon Kuznets, argued that it was a partial measure of national wealth, as did economist John Maynard Keynes, who oversaw the construction of the first British national accounts during the second world war.

Those with no axe to grind will point out that these figures are of course only the first and a partial measure of what's been going on.

The weighted average engagement rate year-to-year in the L2 study is only a partial measure of the role and impact of Google+ or its usefulness to Google.

Similarly, the partial total gain (pTG) [20] allows the explanatory power of virtual screening scores in the early part of the benchmarking dataset to be quantified as a partial summary measure of the PC.

In London, however, because of the immense population and the consequent mortality, they more readily attracted public attention, and, after more than one partial measure of relief had been passed, the churchyards were, with a few exceptions, finally closed by law in 1855.

Whether partial measures will be a sufficient warning to the generals is unclear, especially now that senior American officials have said the decision to reduce aid is "not meant to be permanent".

But many have been leery of employing additional security or have implemented partial measures that provide a false sense of security.

Partial measures may seem attractive, but they risk turning a small local conflict into a far messier regional war.