Sentence examples for be a poor yardstick from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, ASA grade can be a poor yardstick of general health.

In the last few years Stewart has been trying to build the case that data on Hiroshima survivors, the main source of our knowledge about radiation health effects, is a poor yardstick for predicting the health of nuclear workers, who get their doses in small, chronic increments, not in one large event.

"It will be a good yardstick for us," he said.

The usual options would be a ruler, yardstick, or tape measure.

He once said: Be a yardstick of quality.

And more than a few reflect the unstinting businessman: "Be a yardstick of quality.

Thomas knows that the Indiana game could be a yardstick for his club.

-INDIAN PROVERB Be a yardstick of quality.

It will be a yardstick by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies.

It's a real poor, poor decision.

That's a useful yardstick".