Sentence examples for once measuring from inspiring English sources

I'm not a scientist, but I believe this means there's more oil out there than BP and the White House would like you to believe, a lot of it is either settling on the floor of the ocean or compiling these enormous underwater plumes, once measuring the size of Manhattan, and closing in on the Florida coast.

Trips once measured in days stretched into weeks and months.

The Sanctus was at once measured and ecstatic.

About 21percentt of parents at least once measured out more than twice the proper dose.

The countdown clock that once measured in years is now down to hours, minutes and seconds.

Blood sugar, once measured four times a day, now must be measured 12 times a day in intensive care.

Poring through scrapbooks of yellowed clippings, you learn his vertical leap was once measured between 46 and 50 inches.

But, while he once measured his success by the money he accumulated, he now wants to keep giving it away.

He's clearly had to shrink expectations to a size far more human than the larger-than-life scale by which he once measured his ambition.

Using a formula that measured both numbers of patients and the square footage available in which to squeeze them, Steven Davidson, the department chairman, once measured the concentration of humanity in terms of patients per square foot per year.

The kilogram is still defined by a physical object but time, once measured by observing the sun, moon and stars is now defined by reference to the vibrations of an atom of caesium.