Sentence examples for measure worth from inspiring English sources

A measure worth only €40m to the government hardly seems a priority when there has been rioting over household taxes.

Another stimulus measure worth reviving that could create good jobs is a tax credit for manufacturing clean energy equipment.

It was a modest discovery by any measure, worth only $300,000 or so on the street, said James A. Woolley, assistant special agent at the Drug Enforcement Administration's offices in Tucson.

Risking a presidential veto, the Senate today rejected a Republican proposal to limit emergency farm aid to $5.5 billion, pushing ahead with a Democratic measure worth $2 billion more.

BT is retaining the financial targets, but reducing the reliance on customer service and environmental targets and introducing a new measure – worth 10% of annual bonus – called "individual performance against personal objectives based on the company's strategic priorities".

When everything that seems to matter is measured in numbers that anyone can see don't truly measure worth or success, then manipulating those numbers begins to seem like fair game, whether you're cheating to gain time for lacrosse practice or for your night shift.

The PBO analysis indicates the fiscal balance includes yet-to-be-legislated previous measures worth $3.2bn.

Valls announced measures worth between €400m and €500m (£320m-£400m) aimed at improving youth access to employment.

Parliament voted 172-121 for the measures, worth about $38 billion through 2012.

Since October, the Merkel coalition has announced a package of measures worth €31bn, (£28bn) or about 1.3% of GDP.

The Coalition plans to introduce its "omnibus" savings bill to parliament on Wednesday, with 24 savings measures worth $6.1bn.