Sentence examples for yardstick at the from inspiring English sources

If he is unwilling to check his customary yardstick at the gate, he cannot avoid being confused and disappointed by a story that is no story at all, but is a sad philosophy, a conjuration of mood, with a conclusion that simply shrugs its shoulders in the gloom and murmurs "Such is life". And which is the proper course?

Prost, as the recognised yardstick at the time, was the man he needed to beat to prove it, and Senna went to the limits of both his ability and acceptability - and beyond - to do so.

Place the beginning of the yardstick at the tip of your outstretched hands.

But because money and opinion polls are the only yardsticks at the moment, several candidates whose fund-raising is failing, such as Lamar Alexander, a former Tennessee governor, and Dan Quayle, a former vice-president, could drop out if they do poorly in Iowa.

Though the offer, worth 7,000 rupiah, or 77 U.S. cents, per Danamon share, may appears to be steep, it is less generous using another valuation yardstick: At 2.6 times book value, the deal is below the ratio of some other big banking takeovers in Indonesia.

But when it comes to influencing federal policy, companies don't always used the right yardstick or any yardstick at all for determining and improving return on investment.

BPTC providers must adopt this yardstick, at least.

Today marked the seventh time the yardstick closed at an all-time high in the past ten trading sessions.

Value-at-risk is a yardstick of the amount of losses that could be experienced in one trading day.

Muirhead, formerly a high-class hurdler, has had only five starts over fences and gave a glimpse of his potential with a comfortable victory over some reliable and more experienced yardsticks at Limerick last month.

By that yardstick, The Turin Horse, at a mere 146 minutes, ought to feel like a light, jaunty canter.