Sentence examples for measure the first from inspiring English sources

By that measure, the first eight years of the single currency were pleasant.

The organization developed a "human development index (HDI)" to measure the first three of these basic capabilities.

Mazurkas move basically at three beats to the measure, the first divided evenly or by dotted rhythms or triplets.

The bond measure, the first of its kind in Brookhaven, was approved by more than 75percentt of voters.

To address that problem, Congress is extending the official default rate to measure the first three years of repayment.

The movement of the tango -- originally two beats to a measure, the first divided, and later 4/4 or 4/8 time -- is seductive.

Yet by almost any measure, the second quarter was one for the record books.

The Irish became, by one measure, the second-richest people in the European Union.

The 75° strain gauge was not only used to measure Poisson's ratio together with the 0° strain gauge, but also to measure the first-order torsional frequency of cantilever plate.

Some instruments also measure the third magnetic component and/or the electric field.

To measure the second transition a second method was created and run if confirmation was needed.