Sentence examples for As a yardstick from inspiring English sources

As a yardstick for determining whether a fuel economy improvement is worthwhile for a heavy truck, it can be very misleading, the researchers said.

As a yardstick for clinical relevance one is interested in the minimally important change (MIC) of health status questionnaires.

It also illustrates the limitations of growth as a yardstick of economic progress.

Still, using inequality as a yardstick, he won much of what he had wanted.

It is utterly wrong to regard participation in air strikes as a yardstick for international commitment".

Using achievements in languages as a yardstick is a particularly nasty trick.

Here are 10 questions I will be using as a yardstick.

But I kind of view it more as a yardstick for how much I've accomplished.

In the years since I have used the experience as a yardstick for measuring my own happiness.

Legally the pact applies only in countries that ratify it, but its uses as a yardstick may be broader.

They agreed to let Dr. Dansgaard analyze ice samples, using the yearly snow measurements as a yardstick.