Sentence examples for a common yardstick of from inspiring English sources

In February 2001, Equity Office said it expected the Spieker acquisition to add 10 cents a share to its annual funds from operations, a common yardstick of REIT earnings.

Mr. Ackermann rejected that, pointing out that Deutsche Bank's Tier 1 capital ratio — a common yardstick of a bank's strength — is 9.3percentt, up slightly from the previous quarter.

Is there more in the pipeline?" Mr. Decque noted that the bank's return on equity was close to 10percentt in the second quarter and that its tier-1 capital ratio — a common yardstick of a bank's strength — was above the "magic number" of 6percentt.

Such loans blend funds provided by several banks; a common yardstick for the cost of cash was needed.

Over the decades, 0.7% has been repeatedly re-endorsed at international conferences, becoming a key rallying cry for aid activists and a common yardstick for the generosity of rich countries.

His goal is to create a common yardstick for gauging the interplay of biological and cultural diversity.

Spreads on credit default swaps — a common yardstick for whether a country's government is in danger of default — continue to signal potential trouble for Ireland, Italy and Greece.

Salazar said he was encouraged by the number of American high school athletes this year who ran two miles under nine minutes, a common yardstick to determine distance running potential, and said some could develop into world-beaters.

Contrary to current practices, instead of evaluating expression profiles by means of a common yardstick (a single list of highly discriminating RNA species), our method first seeks to summarize the characteristics of each sample employing a specific signature, and then it performs a systematic, all-to-all signature comparison.

Shim writes, "Placed's goal continues to be the adoption of a common yardstick that can measure the offline effectiveness of advertising across multiple platforms and publishers".

"Russia cannot be understood with the mind, nor can she be measured with a common yardstick; she has her own way of being; in Russia one simply believes".As if the American deputy secretary of state, an old friend of Bill Clinton, needed reminding of that hoary old saying.