The phrase "accepted yardstick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a standard or benchmark that is widely recognized and agreed upon for measuring or evaluating something.
Example: "The new policy was developed using the accepted yardstick of industry best practices to ensure its effectiveness."
Alternatives: "recognized standard" or "established benchmark".
That figure, which has become a widely accepted yardstick of abject deprivation, was first derived by taking an average of the poverty lines the minimum income needed to satisfy basic needs of 15 of the world's poorest countries.It is also important to note that the World Bank has built some slack into its target.
Publication of new results is the widely accepted yardstick for the agency's ability to spot scientifically worthy ideas.
While such measurements as bond ratings and credit scores can help to guide government actions with regard to the financial health of enterprises, no such commonly accepted yardstick for cyber resilience has been required for use in evaluating IT vendors.
In particular, the process has provided the West with a mutually accepted yardstick by which to measure improvements in key areas such as human rights.
With equity markets ailing, smart executives were quite happy to accept the new yardsticks.
That was one of the messages from executives at the Blackstone Group on Monday's conference call to discuss the buyout firm's fourth-quarter earnings, which, even by Blackstone's preferred yardstick for measuring its income — one that differs from generally accepted accounting principles �� fell sharply from last year.
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.
The yardstick, say the drafters, should be that if an international tribunal has ruled genocide has taken place, it should be accepted everywhere in Europe as criminal conduct to contest that in public.
Boosted by the demonstrations, Mr Uribe said he could not accept "statements...that measure the FARC and the government by the same yardstick".
