Sentence examples for arbitrary measures from inspiring English sources

But he signalled that on other fronts, such as child benefit and "arbitrary measures" on housing benefit, Labour would argue against the measures.

In a statement on Facebook on Thursday, army command said it would not take "arbitrary measures against any faction or political current" and would guarantee the right to protest, as long as demonstrations did not threaten national security.

Taking the financial portfolio himself, he introduced reforms that led to the first balanced budgets since 1860, but his arbitrary measures against the political opposition eventually led to his losing office (March 1876).

Neither of these tales is unusual given the intense focus on lowering the number of people on Jobseekers Allowance and ESA, and both sanctions, and the ludicrous telephone assessment for ESA that Daniel undergoes, are arbitrary measures focused not on helping individuals but on cutting expenditure while hitting targets.

As such, I decided to look at two different — and admittedly slightly arbitrary — measures of success.

The army command had said it would not take "arbitrary measures against any faction or political current" and would guarantee the right to protest, as long as demonstrations did not threaten national security.

I hope he doesn't sacrifice his aggressiveness to try to meet this arbitrary measure of leadoff success.

"Bonnie and Clyde" won only two Oscars, for best supporting actress (Estelle Parsons) and best cinematography (Burnett Guffey), but Oscars are always a pretty arbitrary measure of merit.

This arbitrary measure of time's passing does not mean that things should be glossed over in the service of tourism simply because the streets have been cleaned and the debris hauled away.

And while in the early years of the survey a couple of student unions chose to boycott it on the grounds that it was an arbitrary measure, this year it has the backing of every union.

Even if that could be agreed upon and it were effective in driving up prices, withholding E.U.A.'s remains a rather arbitrary measure and leaves the market open to future meddling.