Sentence examples similar to yardstick 1 from inspiring English sources

By that yardstick, 2015 is turning out to be the year of the bonfire of the dividends.

By this yardstick 969m people suffered from absolute poverty in 2004, a drop of over 270m since 1990.

By this yardstick 275m people in Latin America and the Caribbean, or just under half the total, were middle-class in 2006.

Computer-oriented heavyweights depressed the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, sending the yardstick 44 points lower to 2449 amid broad selling.

And by that yardstick, 2009 was a tremendous year.

Place the yardstick 1/2 an inch (1.25 cm) above the bag's marker line.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 49.43 to 9324.84, while the broad yardstick S&P 500 is 3.30 lower at 1184.01.

On the day, the Dow rose 54.83 to 9041.11, while broad yardstick Standard & Poors 500 Index added 5.20 to 1144.52.

Buoyed by healthy gains among financial components, the Dow Jones Industrial rose 102.98 to 9159.03, while broad yardstick Standard & Poors 500 added 10.84 to 1163.45.

Buoyed by healthy gains among financial components, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 81.10 to 9137.15, while broad yardstick Standard & Poors 500 is tacking on 7.36 to 1159.97.

Buoyed by healthy gains among financial components, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 102.98 to 9159.03, while broad yardstick Standard & Poors 500 added 10.84 to 1163.45.