The phrase "a yardstick of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a standard or measure by which something can be judged or assessed.
Example: "The company's success can be seen as a yardstick of its innovative approach to technology."
Alternatives: "a measure of" or "a benchmark for".
Exhaustion has become a yardstick of measuring a meaningful life.
He once said: Be a yardstick of quality.
It also illustrates the limitations of growth as a yardstick of economic progress.
And more than a few reflect the unstinting businessman: "Be a yardstick of quality.
To Russians, America is a yardstick of their own place in the world.
Value-at-risk is a yardstick of the amount of losses that could be experienced in one trading day.
Although the details of the analysis cannot be discussed in full due to space limitations, it is a typical combination of Scheffe's paired comparisons and a yardstick analysis of the results of the Scheffe's paired comparisons.
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.
The resulting revenue-per-fan figure is a rough yardstick of a teams ability to capitalize on its fan base, regardless of market size.
When buying cognac, though, price should never be a yardstick; many of the most expensive marques are, quite frankly, inferior to those that cost hundreds of dollars less. Part of the fun, of course, is making up your own mind.
