Sentence examples for the yardsticks from inspiring English sources
noun
A measuring rod thirty-six inches long.
Nevertheless, China did agree to compromise language on the yardsticks measuring imbalances in the global economy.
The yardsticks I use for measuring a politician's honesty are pretty simple.
IF money and fame are the yardsticks, Annie Leibovitz is one of the most successful photographers of all time.
Under the government's civil service reform plan, the yardsticks for the performance of permanent secretaries are published each year.
He and the union agreed on performance evaluation measures last year, the first time in 50 years that the yardsticks had been revised.
Great events, though, are often markers, the yardsticks by which other advances and retreats are measured, and a half-century makes a big difference.
Two weeks ago, the yardstick was the surprising Islanders.
You can't beat the yardstick.
Height per se is not the yardstick".
Classicism measures the present by the yardstick of the past.
The yardstick matters when deciding how policy should best respond.
