The principal measures in the act are to:

Dividends - real cash payments to shareholders - were the principal measure of a company's soundness.

At the outset, it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness.

The principal measure was non-participant observation using a 20second momentary time-sample.

The principal measure of diesel fuel quality is its cetane number.

One of his principal measures during this period was the banishment of bishop Zorrilla, whose intrigues were threatening the public security.

But for NBC, the big story was the appeal to the young adult viewers it uses as its principal measure of success.

Or in at least one number, unemployment, the principal measure of the state of the labor market.

The principal measure comes in the form of an €8.9bn budget cut spread across all government departments.

These will set out in detail the principal measures they are taking to support our programme for growth and jobs.