Sentence examples for flimsy measure from inspiring English sources
"It would also be a fundamentally flawed analysis if China were to use the implementation of such a flimsy measure as an excuse to determine that ivory trade bans don't work.
Campaigners have accused China of being insincere in its efforts to combat illegal ivory trade, dismissing its recent import ban as a "flimsy measure" that won't work – and even suggesting it may have been introduced to undermine the case for a broader ban.
One reason for the higher surplus next year is that the Treasury has not incorporated the cost of the ULS and vehicle excise duty concessions into its projections, on the somewhat flimsy ground that these measures remain subject to consultation.
Facebook is pushing to evolve the industry past flimsy metrics like ad views and clicks, towards measuring when ads actually inspired purchases anywhere.
The rectangular outlines of bricks are now hidden beneath a coating of flimsy concrete that would do nothing to withstand a shell but gives the inhabitants some measure of comfort nonetheless.
Successes and failures that we measure in a chronological macro-scale left archaeological evidence (lithic assemblages, faunal remains, occasional flimsy dwellings, etc). in various regions, recorded by systematic and comprehensive surveys and excavations.
The court's argument was "very flimsy," he said, because there was no "unmistakable act of Congress" that bans local governments from adopting measures like Hazleton's.
Beneath flimsy leafy shoots, some grow large woody structures as much as one metre wide, while others form branched networks of stems measuring up to 10 metres across.
