Sentence examples for with a yardstick from inspiring English sources

Now there is one you can measure with a yardstick.

There needs to be a referee with a yardstick, and that is the structure we have put in place.

Correct or not, these intentions at least provided architects with a yardstick against which individual buildings could be measured.

But by 1 p.m., any peep or audible rustle meant a whack across the knuckles with a yardstick.

How accurately, for example, does the visually perceived size of an object match its physical size as measured (e.g., with a yardstick)?

Measuring the relatively tiny gap in votes between the two candidates is a bit like measuring the lengths of two bacteria with a yardstick.

With that as a yardstick, we'd had so many failures we couldn't even count them.

With the documentation of the hourly wage, previously non-existent transparency has been achieved, and with average rate of €43.000 per hour, the clowns have been given a yardstick with which to assess their individual earnings.

The Rangers view these three shots at the Devils, who lead the National Hockey League with 71 points, as a yardstick.

He was measuring their power with the help of a yardstick affixed to the wall, and recording the data in a notebook.

He was also accused of spanking the student and having the student, in turn, spank him with various items, including a yardstick, belt, and rope.