Sentence examples for more generous measure from inspiring English sources

It is time, they say, to return to first principles, repeating the exercise Mr Ravallion performed almost two decades ago, using the better, more abundant data available now.They gather 75 national poverty lines, ranging from Senegal's severe $0.63 a day to Uruguay's more generous measure of just over $9.

This was using a more generous measure than the government's own classification of vulnerable families.

And – surprise, surprise – the people pour far more generous measures than they were getting with the Bacardi Breezers.

Although he doesn't explain this discrepancy, I suspect it is down to the profits measure; Barclays uses the MSCI profits number which is slightly more generous than the S&P measure used by the Professor.

Sitcoms are generally more generous to their actors.

For high-income earners, a $500,000 lifetime limit to be placed on post-tax contributions to replace a much more generous annual limit of $180,000 (this measure has proven controversial, because it will be backdated to 2007).

At the insistence of Republicans, the measure includes a more generous estate tax provision.

These measures should include more generous retraining and relocation aid, as well as job-loss insurance for those sidelined by imports.

When he takes any tax increases off the table and passionately defends measures like a more generous estate tax, which benefits the richest Americans, it makes that challenge difficult.

The TUC report examines the impact of four measures: a slightly more generous minimum wage, taking it from £6.19 to £6.60; a halving of the numbers receiving less than the living wage (of £7.45 an hour outside London); an extension of collective bargaining to cover a half of the workforce currently excluded; and a reduction in unemployment.

The measure had been delayed for weeks as Senate Democrats insisted on a more generous package than the Republicans and the House rejected a similar bill last week.