Example sentences of "a measure of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a measure of price for no matter how cheap a product is if it does not achieve the desired result it is expensive . |
| 2 | Despite detecting a measure of complacency on this summer 's return to the international arena , Winterbottom says never underestimate the Springboks ' ability to adapt . |
| 3 | And the Chairman , who deigns to place a measure of trust in you , Colonel , anticipates that what I want you will make it your urgent priority to find . |
| 4 | The purpose of the first test was to reveal the definition obtainable with this device , the second was to see whether it would be possible to pick out bright spots and define a measure of reflectance by weighting for brightness . |
| 5 | Mass is a measure of quantity of matter . |
| 6 | He queries our criterion of ‘ having a genuine interest in the outcome of a dispute ’ as a measure of connectedness in sympathy action . |
| 7 | The treaty of Brétigny brought a measure of peace to both England and France . |
| 8 | Article 15 , in particular allows a state party to the Convention to take measures derogating from some of its obligations under the Convention ‘ In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation ’ to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation , whilst many of the individual articles establishing particular rights allow to a state a measure of liberty of action in order to secure the public interest . |
| 9 | In Daly v General Steam Navigation Co Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 WLR 120 the plaintiff housewife was awarded damages for the cost of future help as a measure of damages for her crippled arm even though she had no help up to trial and might have struggled on without it . |
| 10 | and from America there was the wider practice of according suburban districts a measure of identification as neighbourhoods of 5,000 to 10,000 people . |
| 11 | Both Australia and New Zealand suggest the need for a cross-fertilisation of resources and for a measure of compromise between those of differing views . |
| 12 | A measure of intensity of sound . |
| 13 | However , since 1983/84 local government expenditure has fallen slightly as a proportion of GNP and one would question the usefulness of the Retail Price Index as a measure of inflation within local government . |
| 14 | The basic procedure was to identify selected features , such as the length of sentences or the incidence of subordination , and to see whether these provided a measure of maturation in writing . |
| 15 | GNP is commonly used as a measure of well-being of individuals in a country . |
| 16 | In 1945 he became MP for Coventry East , and nine years later married Anne McDougall , the daughter of a senior manager of the aluminium company whose arrival in Banbury had brought a measure of prosperity to the town in the years of the Depression . |
| 17 | They are a very popular attraction , a prime objective for countless visitors ; they have put Ingleton on the map and brought a measure of prosperity to the village . |
| 18 | With more and more pensioners owing their homes outright , and with eight out of 10 recently retired pensioners having an income from investment and savings , is it not reasonable to recognise a measure of prosperity among pensioners ? |
| 19 | The data available include , among others , measures of self-esteem , a measure of attitudes towards work , a measure of psychological well- being and information about educational achievements , employment status , and family background . |
| 20 | He pointed out that even in the original form which it took when Cocks v. Thanet District Council was decided , section 69(1) conferred a measure of discretion on the local authority since in principle at least the local authority could choose between the three methods of discharging its duty which were set out in paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) . |
| 21 | Certainly Table 14.3 provides a measure of support for this view . |
| 22 | Both the SRs and the Mensheviks attracted a measure of support among the more backward , less class-conscious workers . |
| 23 | But the anticlerical spirit was turned against the archbishop and the traditional , worldly , married clergy of Milan , not against the church as such , and won in time a measure of support from the reformed papacy . |
| 24 | The army put itself forward as the vehicle for such policies , and in taking radical domestic and international action the army could count on a measure of support from the rural community . |
| 25 | A measure of support from LEA staff for arts education has already been identified above despite reservations about the attitude of government and the DES . |
| 26 | It is the basis upon which academics sometimes secure a measure of influence in government . |
| 27 | If respectability was undermined after the Second World War by married women refusing dependence and returning to waged work while also having children , it is being undermined again by the new wave of dole-queue mothers who find a measure of independence in motherhood . |
| 28 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 29 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 30 | The needs-led approach alters the nature of the practitioner 's accountability to the employing agency and to the user under new arrangements , practitioners will be expected to sustain with integrity a measure of independence from both parties , while safeguarding the interests of both ( DoH , 1991c , p. 111 ) . |