Example sentences of "be [verb] to measure the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , for any group of items which are intended to measure the same aspect of linguistic functioning , there will be a range of scores for children of a similar age ( see Figure 8.1 ) .
2 A lot of importance should be attached to looking at what sources of information are needed to measure the social and economic performance of the development agencies .
3 What new sources of information are needed to measure the social and economic performance of the development agencies ?
4 Different indices represent the ingenuity with which the theoretical constructs can be made to produce satisfactory elaborations that result in different indices and , equally important , the extent to which different indices can , plausibly , be said to measure the same concept .
5 Any system that measures direct current or potential difference can be adapted to measure the corresponding alternating quantity by inserting a rectifying circuit in front of it .
6 Analysis of variance and the Newman-Keuls procedure were applied to measure the statistical significance of means from different diagnostic categories .
7 Attempts were made to measure the relative contribution to the overall metabolism of mucosa , lamina propria , and muscularis layers .
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