Sentence examples for measures to please from inspiring English sources

"Do not take these measures to please Brussels or other European partners but for the future of your country, for your schools and hospitals".

Although this granting of power would have shown Augustus' favor for Agrippa, it was also a measure to please members of his Caesarian party by allowing one of their members to share a considerable amount of power with him.

So, along with the cuts, the government has announced some measures intended to please the left.

Another limitation of the trial is that of demand characteristics; patients might report improvements in the outcome measures simply to please the researchers.

In another measure designed to please Lib Dem activists, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander revealed that a crackdown on tax dodgers was being extended to people with houses and assets worth over a million pounds.

The measures seem designed to please the Daily Mail, a popular newspaper that, together with some Conservative MPs, has run a hysterical campaign against child porn and Google in recent months.

And is the smile more a measure of eagerness to please than of inner contentment?

Dakotah, knowing herself to be unattractive, was too eager to please, hungry beyond measure for affection.

To please the business lobby, they have proposed measures to reduce the costs of compliance.

A sample item to measure subjective norms "Please indicate to what extent you care about what you parents think as you decide on whether or not to pursue a career as a social entrepreneur" and Cronbach's alpha value of α = 0.69.

The crisis could be used by governments to introduce silly measures that please their electorates but damage world trade.