Sentence examples for ruler by which from inspiring English sources

One particular college will not be the ruler by which I perceive success and by which I measure my intelligence.

But by putting the qualities of that surplus on to an easily examined order (from lolcats upwards), Shirky gives us a ruler by which to measure our contribution to the world.

"Up to this point, charitable giving had never been a ruler by which public leaders were measured in China," said Grace Chiang, managing director of Social Venture Group, a philanthropic advisory firm based in Shanghai.

He is the paragon of suaveness; the ruler by which we measure all things suave.

Sacred kingship, religious and political concept by which a ruler is seen as an incarnation, manifestation, mediator, or agent of the sacred or holy (the transcendent or supernatural realm).

The second was the Instrument of Accession, by which the ruler of the princely state in question agreed to the accession of his kingdom to independent India, and to granting India control over specified subject matters.

The band was stretched 2.5 times its resting length (measured by ruler) which produced a resistance of 9.6 lb at that elongation [ 22].

Guns enabled the centralization of storage and control of commodities and thus represented a strategic resource by which to boost the power of the rulers.

The letter from King Manuel I brought by Cabral to the ruler of Calicut, which was translated by the ruler's Arab interpreters, sought the exclusion of Arab traders.

His government set up a system by which ordinary people have a chance, albeit only on one day a year, to complain about, and to, their rulers.

There are no clear mechanisms to resolve legislature-executive disputes, except for the outright dissolution of parliament by the ruler, which has become almost routine.