Sentence examples for straight measures from inspiring English sources

Child mortality, school enrolment and the like have improved more slowly than have straight measures of poverty.

The Ehra-Lessien straight measures some 5.5 miles, with curved banking at the end.

Social inequalities were measured using simple and straight forward measures, such as rate ratios and rate differences.

A straight angle measures to 180 degrees.

Try to hold the tape measure straight as you measure instead of bending it around the curves of the sewing machine.

Measure the width of the trunk with a long ruler or straight tape measure, then divide by 2 to get 1/2 the tree's width.

Measure across each circle exactly through the center of each of the four items with a straight edge measure (meter-stick, yardstick or ruler).

This whole -- it was nothing but a straight enforcement measure, exactly what they said they wanted, and no money for it.

For those wigs, hair must be at least 10 inches long (pull curly hair straight to measure); clean and dry; bundled in a ponytail or braid; without chemical treatment; sealed in a plastic bag and mailed in a padded envelope with a completed donation form (see Web site).

Figure 2 Raman-scattering spectrum of the ZnO straight nanowires measured with a 488 nm excitation at room temperature.

His impact with the barriers on the Wellington Straight was measured at 47G - 47 times the force of gravity.