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The phrase "soft measure" is correct and can be used in written English
It refers to a gentle or less aggressive approach to addressing a problem or achieving a goal. It can also mean a less specific or precise way of measuring something. Example: The government has implemented a soft measure to encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint by providing incentives rather than imposing strict regulations.
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Fellows and Pitfield [44] use the standard British methodology (the so called "COBA") to analyse a soft measure like car sharing.
New Zealand, unlike many other countries, has continued to rely on reforestation (a soft measure) to control erosion rather than use a mix of soft and hard (engineered) approaches that are common in developed countries to control erosion.
As a soft measure of consensus to avoid premature exclusion of diagnostic items, we also carried through items that less than 25% of participants had rated 'not important' or 'unsure'unsure
> -wrap-foot> Comparing the sparse set of 'predicted oncogenes' selected by the model to the underlying true oncogenes requires a soft measure of overlap, both in set membership and also in terms of gene similarity, because Gradient LASSO reports only one in a group of genes that are always amplified together.
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If desired, you can take more precise measurements using a soft measuring tape.
They attack things like Bikeability training for kids; all soft measures are shot down.
Women in leadership positions benefit individual companies in the short term as well, and not just according to "soft" measures.
"Soft measures, which we witness today, especially with sentencing for those caught poaching, will not deter poachers.
With the approach of the Olympics, "all the soft measures are being overturned," Varvara Pakhomenko, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, said in an interview.
On the surface then, the report seems to applaud the greater accountability of our age, steering marketers and agencies towards more demanding business goals and away from soft measures that place the bar too low.
While global mercury emissions are on the rise, negotiators, unfortunately, appear to be leaning towards a treaty with soft measures unlikely to prevent continued catastrophic impacts from this deadly and debilitating poison.
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