The phrase "a sole criterion for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying that something is the only standard or measure by which something is judged or evaluated.
Example: "The sole criterion for admission to the program is a minimum GPA of 3.5."
Alternatives: "the only standard for" or "a single measure for".
ACT has long discouraged use of its test as a sole criterion for high-stakes decisions like college admission.
To Harrison's credit, he does more than play the situation for laughs, finally pointing up the emptiness of erotic engagement as a sole criterion for happiness.
We do not use absent plantar sensation as a sole criterion for a primary amputation.
The study showed that viscosity might not be considered as a sole criterion for selection of WMA additive.
Having identical primary outcomes in two academic trials would not be a sole criterion for prohibiting co-enrollment, especially when treatment effects are expected to be modest, which is common in critical care.
We have now included this important point in the Discussion, with the text starting "Just as using DNA constraint as a sole criterion for enhancer finding has its limitations, using filtering approaches that require conserved combinatorial binding will also miss important regulatory events near genes of interest".
Just as using DNA constraint as a sole criteria for enhancer finding has its limitations, using filtering approaches that require conserved combinatorial binding will also miss important regulatory events near genes of interest.
The tonsillar ectopia was considered a poor sole criterion for diagnosis.
Sir Bob told the Public Administration Select Committee earlier this year that making a gold medal the "sole criterion" for an honour has created "a number of anomalies and unsatisfactory outcomes" including people being rewarded "without 'giving back'".
In any case, it appears clearly that conservation of an env gene with a coding status cannot be taken as the sole criterion for a possible function to the benefit of the host, with only the envW and envFRD genes emerging from the present study as possible bona fide genes.
He showed entrepreneurial zeal, publishing a vanity high-school "Who's Who" (sole criterion for entry: a $5 fee) to support his hard-up (frayed-collar, not white-collar, he recalled) family.
