We always have to measure up with the best of them in the world.
In reality, the effect on MPs' seats is more complex to measure as voters are not spread evenly across constituencies: some areas within may heavily favour one party, others its main rival.
But the prime minister failed to win the support of more than half of his 303 MPs after 136 Tories rejected the measure and around 40 Tory MPs either did not vote or actively abstained.
The newsagents had taken the precautionary measure of closing for business during the day to avoid damage being caused to the shop.
On an underlying basis, as measured by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, the Guardian and Observer lost £22m, but the cash loss, a more accurate measure of financial performance, was larger at £33m.
It is not a path to the eradication of poverty but only a measure to ease it.
A performer and a pest in equal measure.
If it is feasible to measure happiness, then we should.
(Told you it was complicated; essentially, pensions, benefits and tax credits now use a lower measure of inflation to calculate their annual increases).
For good measure, his work is a model of data presentation.
Better Together officials insist that the decision to focus on the NHS was a panic measure after Salmond's debate defeat.
