Sentence examples for measures were placed from inspiring English sources

The measures were placed on the ballot by the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, which meets every 20 years.

The bases affected by the heightened measures were placed on "delta" alert, which means they must prepare for imminent attack.

The remaining 21 school measures were placed on ballots by legislatures, which were usually seeking permission to raise money for school construction and other additional spending.

Six of the 26 measures were placed on the ballot by anti-tax groups in an effort largely spearheaded by Bill Sizemore, an unsuccessful candidate for governor two years ago who has made promotion of the tax initiatives into a virtual full-time business.

More measures were placed on more state ballots in the 1990's than in any other decade, surpassing the record set back in the 1910's, and several important policies -- the tax-cutting revolt, bans on affirmative action, approval of the medicinal use of marijuana -- have become law this way in recent years, mainly in Western states where the initiative process is most firmly rooted.

These measures were placed in order to insulate the Commission from political interference and to ensure the effective conduct of free, fair, and honest elections.

And some measures are placed on the city's ballot at the last moment, "poorly drafted, with no public input," Mr. Wiener said.

With rank categorizations, measures are placed in ordered categories.

At least six states have also expanded background checks including Washington state, where the measure was placed in the hands of voters on the 2014 ballot.

In 1987, during the 25th reunion of the Class of 1962, a brass plaque honoring the Smoot as a standard unit of measure was placed on the bridge.

Blame for this new crisis in stem-cell research can, in large measure, be placed on the attenuated way that Congress, and even the White House, has dealt with the inherent politics of the issue.