Sentence examples for measure placed from inspiring English sources

They had sought a vote in the state assembly to get a measure placed on to the ballot in November.

In Miami-Dade County, voters settled a closely watched election issue Tuesday when they rejected a measure placed on the ballot by conservative Christians to repeal an ordinance protecting gays from discrimination.

But on Wednesday, he said that after reading it in detail, he had decided to oppose it, saying the measure placed too great a burden on immigrants — tearing apart families that wanted to settle in the United States, creating a permanent tier of second-class immigrant workers and financing a border fence that Mr. Richardson had long opposed.

SANTA FE, N.M., Nov 19 (Reuters) - Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday will decide on an initiative to outlaw most late-term abortions in New Mexico's largest city, marking the first such measure placed on a municipal ballot.

There, in a state whose pork products are being rejected by China, Russia, and other nations concerned about the industry's recklessness, Big Ag's response is to throw millions of dollars -- much of it from pork industry groups -- at a measure placed on the ballot by state lawmakers that seeks to protect the status quo and to prevent real reforms in the state.

Waist circumference is measured using an anthropometric tape measure placed around the participant's waist at the level of the umbilicus.

The new measure places Brooklyn ahead of the Queens Library in average hours per week.

These were part of the "special administrative measures" placed on him.

Security measures placed between an organization's internal networks and the Internet are known as firewalls.

It blamed "austerity measures placed on local government", after its examiners visited London, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Cardiff.

We recommend that a review of the types of measures placed upon subjects needs to be conducted to ensure that enough is being done to prevent absconsion".