Sentence examples for would measure up from inspiring English sources
I think Nick Clegg would measure up well to Lloyd George.
In most families that would measure up fairly well, but it just so happens his dad was "Pythagoras in boots".
We also tend to worry, idly and guiltily, about how we would measure up in a crisis.
The forty years are about reflecting what that turbulent time meant, and how our own present would measure up before its fears and promises.
Not even a symbolic victory in Mr Obama's Illinois and Hawaii would measure up to a Republican victory here for sheer, brutal schadenfreude.
With Ms. Phillips's fine hand and her firm belief in butter and cream, I'm sure they would measure up to her soups, sandwiches and brunch.
It was a tough call because we were not sure if we'd measure up to U.S. GAAP and SEC standards.
Fear that I would never find anyone that would quite measure up... and fear that I would.
How would he measure up against Shane Warne?
And it probably still wouldn't measure up.
