Sentence examples for basic test from inspiring English sources

The A.I.G. bailouts fail the basic test of transparency: Who ends up with the money?

But it's depressing how many real films fail this pretty basic test.

That will provide the most basic test of its first budget".

A year ago, I took the California basic test for teaching credentials.

This system fails the most basic test: the test of logic.

This was a very basic test, based on raw power and collective skills among the donkeys.

A basic test of government is its ability to prevent large-scale harm to its citizens' health and survival.

Of course, for many the most basic test is simply whether the other person ever picks up a book.

Nothing else really matters if one of the candidates doesn't pass the basic test of fitness for office.

For the basic test, the inspector will check all painted surfaces, including outside walls, for lead paint.

In bending over backwards to keep in with George W Bush, Blair failed that most basic test of diplomacy.