It should also have contained more quantitative data, without which it was difficult to measure progress.

Since the principles apply to personal and organizational behaviour, adherence to them is difficult to monitor and measure.

Another methodological challenge relates to activities such as policy advice, which are difficult to measure in quantitative terms.

A significant reason is believed to be the steady flight of intellectuals from Iraq, which seems obvious, but is difficult to measure.

Even though the fuzzy front end is difficult to measure, it must be included in TTM measurements for effective TTM management.

Problems can occur when trying to measure absolute risk because it is extremely difficult to determine the actual risk statistic for a person.

I find it difficult to accept those who tend to describe the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact as only a measure to build up Soviet national security.

Kenya noted that it is difficult to measure the level of implementation without established monitoring and evaluation systems, including sufficient information and data.

Admittedly, a leader s integrity and competence are more difficult to measure than outcomes (such as per capita income, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy, and crime).

Accomplishing all three objectives quality, quantity, and cost efficiency simultaneously is difficult, and the likelihood of compromise is great. With graduation rates and government spending easy to calculate, educational quality, which is difficult to measure, is likely to be the objective that slips.

Because the imperial tongue found it difficult to pronounce Myanmar, the country s no nonsense British masters renamed it Burma (redrawing its borders as well for good measure).

India s poverty rate (an indicator that is admittedly both conceptually and practically difficult to measure) fell by half between 1981 and 2010, to just under 30 a remarkable achievement.

While the full economic cost of cybercrime is difficult to measure accurately, it is clear that the cost to individuals, businesses and governments is not only substantial but rising.

Another limitation is the discrepancy between the survey samples used, which, in addition to preventing any useful breakdown of data to be made, can make it difficult to measure the results correctly.

Given the size of the country, an export ban of all natural resources from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be a very costly and difficult measure to enforce.

It is expected that the applied measures in total will reduce POPs releases with consequent benefits to health and the environment but it will be difficult to link any single measure to a particular benefit.

So We did measure , and We are the Best to measure ( the things ) .

So We did measure , and We are the Best to measure ( the things ) .

Those who , when they have to receive by measure from men , demand full measure ,

Those who , when they have to receive by measure from men , exact full measure ,

They measure not Allah His rightful measure . Lo !

They measure not Allah His rightful measure . Lo !

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

The implication is that it may be impossible to know the exact number of staff performing procurement functions in the decentralized organizations, which in turn makes it difficult to measure the cost of procurement or other performance dimensions.

when they measure against the people , take full measure

who , when people measure for them , take full measure ,

Such a harsh measure suggests that, even though the sanctions have hardened North Korea s desire to export nuclear weapons and technology to Iran, the process is becoming more difficult and the regime is losing its key mechanism to earn foreign currency.

We decided to use the Gini coefficient, a common measure of income inequality, to measure inequality in carbon emissions.

Always measure with justice and do not give short measure .

Always measure with justice and do not give short measure .

Something difficult to explain.

There are several ways to measure speed.

WOE TO THOSE who give short measure ,

Woe to those who give short measure ,

We promised to measure and achieve results.

Give, and it will be given to you good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.

While it is difficult to measure the exact share of remittances to Africa that pass through informal channels, it is clear that economic incentives, such as high costs and institutional fees and overvalued exchange rates, are the driving forces behind informal markets.

Instead, one method can be used to measure nearby distances, a second can be used to measure nearby to intermediate distances, and so on.

may submit a proposal to the relevant court to abolish the pronounced measure prior to the duration prescribed in the measure, if the Center assesses that the measure has attained the purpose for which it has been adopted

For without that, one difficult journey would be not merely difficult but close to impossible.

It is difficult to generalize.

They use it to get to the truth, and they do what mature leaders do everyday they have difficult conversations with difficult people, sometimes during very difficult times.

Measure for Mismeasure

Current control measure

Real numbers are used to measure continuous quantities.