Sentence examples for for a yardstick from inspiring English sources

Visser, M. E. & Both, C. Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick.

I asked a leading Washington observer of the region for a yardstick by which to measure Mr Kerry's success in pushing for a new, American-led peace initiative.

Although the Discover credit card offers a rebate in cash (up to 1% of all spending), most companies' rewards call for a yardstick other than cash, one that compares the underlying value of different redemption options.

The Blackjack is sort of a yardstick for what a smartphone is.

Although, many studies have employed traditional statistical methods in identifying the factors responsible for the disparity, the statistical tool for setting a yardstick is yet to be established.

We can no longer use personal sacrifice measured hour-for-hour as a yardstick of character.

The aim of the CSE project is not simply to search for or borrow a yardstick against which learners' proficiency can be measured, but to develop, validate and continuously improve the yardstick.

The bottom-up methods for energy benchmarking aim to derive a yardstick for energy performance based on a theoretical analysis of a building.

Richard Strauss called for "lots of horns, which are always a yardstick for heroism".

Why would we use figures for what business spends on sales as a yardstick for what charities should spend on sales?

The provision of such reasonable adjusted healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities could act as a yardstick for measuring the overall quality of any healthcare service.