Sentence examples for the yardstick of from inspiring English sources

Classicism measures the present by the yardstick of the past.

Measured by the yardstick of the amounts paid for Modigliani and Cézanne, it is laughably low.

By the yardstick of Academy membership, he's wickedly au courant, verging on edgy.

It would be unfair to judge him solely by the yardstick of success.

It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.

But he continued to measure himself on the yardstick of the Great American Novel.

Judged by many of the yardsticks of success he set before his first presidential race in March 2000, however, Mr. Putin has often faltered.

But Sanders' performance and prospects can't be assessed by the metrics of traditional electoral politics, because he has always set the goals of his campaign on terms that defy the yardsticks of campaigning as we know it.

We may maintain our faith-based vision and mission statements, but the actual work we do is largely shaped by the yardsticks of log-frames, planning, monitoring and evaluation schemes, and results-based management techniques established by this hierarchy.

One year to the date after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time, the vintage yardstick of the American stock market is once again flirting with the five-digit milestone.

Even now Times editors look to "relative physical damage" as the proper yardstick of the paper's news coverage.