Sentence examples for yardstick for that from inspiring English sources

Who needs a universal yardstick, for that matter?

But history has yardsticks for success that are more stringent than the ephemeral ones used by political consultants.

Or there is India with its weak state, but much greater accountability and almost pedantic attachment to the law.He also provides us with a yardstick for measuring the chances that the Arab awakening this spring will meet his three tests of political order (not high, at least not yet).

Moreover, it would be advantageous to use as a general yardstick for delimiting species a method that does not make restrictive assumptions regarding the genetics of the marker used (e.g., the absence of copy-number variations) and of the populations studied (e.g., random mating).

The precedent of earlier FCC rules assuring an open phone network made it clear that the yardstick for network management should be based on Title II of the Communications Act — the same test that had worked to deliver the dawn of the Internet.

For that, you need a yardstick or a friend to measure the distance from your fingers to your toes as you reach for them.

That was one of the messages from executives at the Blackstone Group on Monday's conference call to discuss the buyout firm's fourth-quarter earnings, which, even by Blackstone's preferred yardstick for measuring its income — one that differs from generally accepted accounting principles — fell sharply from last year.

It means that the yardstick for comparing the efficiency of a particular DMU is determined by the group of DMUs included in the study sample.

I might add that it is also a fact of life for all of us that, while we do well to pay attention to what our consciences tell us, we cannot make that a yardstick for the conduct of others.

Mr. White says his ultimate goal is a yardstick that will become a standard tool for admissions officers at business schools around the country.

For that matter, is there a monetary yardstick?