Sentence examples for measures or a from inspiring English sources

The authors stress that this should not be a cause for panic measures or a change in dietary habits.

If that happens, only the most radical measures, or a euro-zone bail-out, will turn things around.

An interceptor's radar might be jammed by electronic-warfare measures or a nuclear warhead could be programmed to detonate upon detection of an approaching interceptor.

They could have offered a "supply" agreement for a minority Tory government, with transparency over the process of supporting or opposing Tory measures; or a coalition with the Tories for a limited period to weather the economic storm.

Amidst the mirrors, the gleaming weight machines, the whir of ellipticals and treadmills, it looked conspicuously medieval, primitive, even a bit sinister, as though it were part of an intricate and now obsolete system of weights and measures, or a weapon used by the barbarians when they stormed Rome.

Still, Auernheimer didn't actually hack past any security measures or a firewall; he simply changed a number in the URL.

I don't think a tape measure or a spirit level was involved and the whole process took less time than the session in the pub afterwards.

Yes, in the UK we realised ages ago that – and if you still religiously floss daily, look away now – flossing simply doesn't work as a health measure (or a fetish).

Like his co-plaintiffs Shinwari does not know for sure that the FBI deliberately placed him on the no-fly list as either a punitive measure or a pressure tactic.

BEF is calculated from the ratio of aboveground biomass and bole biomass (defined by a merchantable measure or a minimum DBH).

This correlation can be used to estimate the hydrodynamic roughness from a measured or a known value of the physical wall coating thickness.