Individually, such measures may seem trivial.
These radical, 1930s-style measures may seem a pipe dream.
These measures may seem controversial, but I think today we have no time for doubts.
Partial measures may seem attractive, but they risk turning a small local conflict into a far messier regional war.
"A lot of these emergency measures may seem necessary right now, but, once they're made into laws, they have a way of hanging around," he said.
The measures may seem counterintuitive: the firefighters will be moved from busy firehouses to less busy ones, which might seem an appealing fate to someone who is essentially being accused of not working hard enough.
These measures may seem so small as to be pointless and sound like the petty rantings of an obsessive eco-fascist, but the cumulative effect is significant and particularly important if your concerns are environmental.
"'We say, if you want us to wash your towels every day, we will do it, just let us know,' says Cindy Ortega, chief sustainability officer for MGM Resorts, which owns Aria, 'but other than that, we're just going to hang the towels up every night.'" Such measures may seem small, but they add up to Aria being a pioneer in sustainability.
Outcome measures may seem to have little relevance to the client group or the objectives for rehabilitation.
While the book's medium (Day-Glo graphics and wide-measure type) may seem to overpower its message, the content rises to the challenge.
