In gauging when scandal is less likely, applicants can minimize their exposure by applying in the wake of scandal, and at the same time enhance their chances of acceptance since fewer will apply.
When a comparison between a numerical simulation and observation is being carried out, one significant advantage of a GPS buoy compared with a coastal monitoring system such as tide gauges is that the GPS buoy is less affected than tide gauges by local geomorphological effects or non-linear effects due to basal friction, etc.
By that gauge Mr. Law's Hamlet is less a brooding Dane than an angry, hyperkinetic one.
Sheerness depends on both gauge and denier: 60 gauge, 15 denier is closer knit than 51 gauge, 15 denier, and for that reason is less sheer and wears better even though the yarn is the same size; 60 gauge, 30 denier and 51 gauge, 30 denier are heavier and much less sheer.
But in "the field" — in action — the dog's performance level is less easy to gauge.
One of the final blows to Portugal's chances of staying out of the bail-out zone came when it emerged in an echo of Greece's misreported finances that last year's deficit was 8.6% of GDP rather than the planned 7.3%.If Portugal's request was predictable, the outcome of this latest stage in the euro area's sovereign-debt crisis is less easy to gauge.
One way to gauge changes in pesticide use that is less affected by the time of sampling is to examine pesticide concentrations in household dust in these studies.
Another economist said the implications for the housing market were not as bad as the October numbers suggested, noting that new permits for building were a better gauge because they were less affected by seasons and better reflected the intentions and hopes of builders.
While there are clever rain-gathering and wind-measuring devices that rely on disruption of sound waves to arrive at totals, traditional spinning wind cups, weather vanes and rain gauges tend to be less prone to false disturbances, like a really loud cricket.
A specimen obtained using a smaller-gauge needle may be less hemorrhagic and more adequate for cytological diagnosis.
