Sentence examples for measure largely from inspiring English sources

The measure largely mirrors legislation adopted twice last year before falling to Senate objections over legal immunity granted to producers of a gasoline additive blamed for water pollution.

The state Senate, agreeing to education cuts as preferable to other cuts, passed a budget measure largely acceptable to the Governor.

The measure largely follows the recommendations of a work group that was formed last year after the death of Freddie Gray and the unrest that followed.

The House held a preliminary vote on Tuesday evening and approved the measure largely along party lines, with 98 members for and 49 against.

The Bush administration's reports of successes -- refurbished schools here, restored telephone service there -- have proved difficult to verify and measure, largely because, with so many companies and agencies acting semi-autonomously, there has been no centralized way to track accomplishments.

The fear is that including the bankruptcy provision in the recovery package will cost votes among Republican senators who oppose the measure, largely out of solidarity with the lending industry.

To date, biomarkers have been measured largely for research purposes.

In many parts of the Southern Tier, the governor's presence is measured largely by his absence.

Using a combination of both on-farm and off-farm measures largely alleviated this trade-off.

The problem for forecasters is that we are, by these measures, largely out of the range of our historical experience.

A proliferation of financial goods and services and an increasing focus on short-term financial performance measures largely dominated developed economies' development for more than three decades.