Sentence examples for measures were about from inspiring English sources

This was a few years before 9/11 when security measures were about as lax as the dress code for Southwest Airlines.

Ms. Batista Schlesinger said the measures were "about creating and preserving a middle class".

Based on the pre- and post-testing, the learning gains in 8.02 last spring by standard assessment measures were about twice those in the traditional lecture/recitation format.

The emergency measures were "about restoring and maintaining capabilities that are vital to our national security", the prime minister said, stressing that access to phone and email metadata were integral to the work of the police and intelligence services.

The hardware costs for the protection measures were about €15,000: about 50% of the costs are due to protection measures against direct strikes, 50% are due to overvoltage protection.

Mrs May said the measures were about "making it harder for people who are here illegally to stay here".

In many ways, though, this piece of legislation is about what so many populist measures are about: diverting attention from massive government incompetence.

Among men, both measures are about twice as high as for women.

The difference of residual stress decrease between the calculated and measured is about 11%.

Only 21% think the measure was about right, while 4% say it goes too far and 70% say it does not go far enough.

To backers, the measure was about more than just rental law; it was about the soul and future of the city.