Sentence examples for the measures closely from inspiring English sources

But while the measures, closely guarded by Treasury Department officials, accommodate banks with top safety and soundness ratings, they also allow the government to apply a looser definition to some banks with lower ratings, according to two people briefed on the process.

The treatment efficiency of WSUD measures closely depends on the design of the specific treatment units.

The ICNARC model had the best performance on all measures, closely followed by SAPS II and MPM II.

These measures closely mirrored the original three conditions that the National Defense Authorization Act of 1996 laid out for the maintenance of Iowa while she was in the "mothball fleet".

As reported under the 'Results' section and summarized in Tables 4 and 5, the adoption of these therapeutic measures closely reflecting those described in recent reports [[7], [28]] allowed us to yield a good response (remission + improvement) in 73 patients (70.2%) at a mean follow-up of 24 months.

Pressure eased slightly on Spain's bond yields on Friday, suggesting the initial reaction was positive, but some analysts said they needed to study the measures more closely.

They said that commercial air carriers and their contractors possessed information about anti-terrorist measures that would remain effective only if the measures were closely held, and disclosing them could "endanger the traveling public".

However, none of the measures correspond closely to gold standard methods, and none are obviously superior to the others [ 11].

Mr. Bush and Senate Republican leaders support the measure, which closely resembles the legislation passed by the House.

The measure, which closely follows recommendations from President Bush, now goes to the Senate, where some of its more restrictive provisions are likely to be modified.

Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts and a former presidential nominee, voted for the measure, which closely resembled past efforts to pre-empt an amendment to the Constitution.