Sentence examples for substitute measure from inspiring English sources

During the Vietnam War, inflated estimates of Vietnamese killed became a substitute measure of American success in a campaign whose substantive objectives were proving elusive.

Though he does not offer a substitute measure, he maintains that the evidence against Mr. bin Laden is "pretty good information".

While some may embrace the limited gains the substitute measure might provide, America deserves nothing less than the truly historic conservation financing that only the Conservation and Reinvestment Act would bring.

I do not consider it necessary because the bill itself, not only the present substitute measure but every other bill on the subject, ties this question up with the Colorado River compact.

Deinocrats on the House Ap propriations Committee, for example, have been refraining from acting on a substitute measure for the "independent offices" appropriations bill that was vetoed by the President in August.

Rep. Sandy Levin has offered a substitute measure that includes tough labor standards as well as enforceable provisions on currency manipulation.

But he said that defeat would keep investors guessing for some time because substitute measures for the pension tax that was defeated would not be acted on until next year.

Instead, the commission said, the plant relies on substitute measures, like calling for its personnel to operate vital equipment manually if the cables connecting them to the control room burn through.

A City Hall official said yesterday that the administration had been negotiating with Council staff members for several days, and that some Council projects that had been cut would be reinstated and that some substitute measures like leftover campaign finance money would be used to plug the holes.

I think in some instances we've substituted measuring money for happiness even though few people have set the explicit goal of having more money than the next person.

We also tested the effects of omitting "cull" by substituting measured tree heights for predicted heights on estimates of county biomass totals, but found no substantial difference.