Example sentences of "[is] measure against " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the success of the service is measured against an economic criterion , it appears to have been partial , at least in its early years . |
| 2 | There is a need to develop flexible budgeting to ensure that actual expenditure is measured against a budget which has been flexed to take account of actual workload ( recognising both volume and mix factors ) . |
| 3 | Performance is measured against objectives so ensuring that the contract is fulfilled . |
| 4 | For this reason both are oriented towards criterion-referenced assessment in which achievement is measured against a given level of performance , rather than simply against the performance of other pupils . |
| 5 | the reproduction now functions as the original , the live performance is measured against the recording , and technical equipment is seen not as an external aid to reproduction but as a characteristic of the musical original , employed as part of the artistic conception ( ibid : 236 ) . |
| 6 | If students are not compared against one another and their achievement is measured against fixed performance criteria , how can a system of prizes be justifiable ? |
| 7 | The application is measured against four clearly published criteria which include patient care , the competence of the management , the involvement of professional and clinical staff and the financial viability of the application . |