Sentence examples for by a yardstick from inspiring English sources

Compared with the same period a year ago, bank lending slowed in February, as did the growth in the money supply, as broadly measured by a yardstick known as M2.

I suppose it means having a much bigger year in 2010 than in 2009, with "bigger" being relative to the size of the state, because we can't judge South Dakota by a yardstick scaled to Illinois.

In all likelihood, they will take someone tall, someone whose vertical leap will be measured by a yardstick, instead of the way Patrick Ewing, Luc Longley and Felton Spencer had their vertical leaps measured the last few years -- by sliding MetroCards under their sneakers.

For increased accuracy using the shadow method you can measure the shadow cast by a yardstick or similar straight stick of known height instead of a person's height.

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By such a yardstick, virtually anything that reduces the probability of financial catastrophes is worth undertaking.

Since the group had no experience, Mr. Perpich began by painting a yardstick on the wall so he could demonstrate the skill of exact measuring en masse.

Measuring your losses by such a yardstick is like beating yourself up for being bad at math, compared with Albert Einstein.

What good is a life-saving drug if you can't get it?" The Drug Price Relief Act aims to protect California taxpayers by using purchases by the VA as a yardstick by which state agencies can measure if they're getting a reasonable deal.

There's a bucket-speech convention that, by way of a yardstick, you tell the audience how much tickets cost at the paid-for venues.

Brazil's Climate Observatory has even offered its own ambitious targets, such as limiting emissions to one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by 2030, as a yardstick for the government.