Sentence examples for right yardsticks from inspiring English sources

He asks us to contemplate "how to live a life with integrity" and to make sure we're choosing the "right yardsticks" against which we'll measure our impact.

He declined to emphasize the "S-word" – summit – a reminder to pick the right yardstick to measure success.

Recently, he said that sheer size, in terms of market capitalisation, is not the right yardstick to measure the bank's might.

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But when it comes to influencing federal policy, companies don't always used the right yardstick or any yardstick at all for determining and improving return on investment.

As an industry, the media as a whole (print and broadcast) has been happy to use "nearly right" as a yardstick for accuracy.

"The people training with them had literally a gold medal yardstick right next to them all the time and that makes a massive difference when you can keep measuring yourself against the best - you can see it in the triathlon with the Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonny [who won gold and bronze respectively on Tuesday].

"This economy is powerful, productive and prosperous," George Bush boasted recently, and by many yardsticks he is right.

Second, he is a highly effective debate performer in a political year when candidate's debates count more than ever – certainly more right now than the traditional yardsticks of fundraising and campaign organisation.

Sikkink shows that activists and scholars disagree about the efficacy of human rights because they use different yardsticks to measure progress.