Sentence examples similar to a proper yardstick from inspiring English sources

But that is not the proper yardstick.

Even now Times editors look to "relative physical damage" as the proper yardstick of the paper's news coverage.

It is the proper yardstick because it combines attributes of quality (power-to-heat ratio σ) with those of quantity (recovered heat QCHP), given that ECHP = σ × QCHP is a commonly accepted identity.

A proper Englishman?

A proper Queen.

A proper test.

Feed a proper diet.

Choose a proper foundation.

Get a proper stance.

Select a proper dessert.

Keep a proper temperature.