Sentence examples for yardstick in both from inspiring English sources

But maybe one way to solve such debates is by extending the yardstick in both directions, devising ways to measure not only how an agency performs but also how it is affected by things it cannot control.

French red wines served as a yardstick in the study.

We hope all shareholders will use this yardstick in deciding how to vote.

Mr. Engel, for one, doesn't think that anyone uses meals as a yardstick in choosing an airline.

"He beat a good yardstick in Splash Of Ginge so it is solid form and it was easy enough to ride him.

Wal-Mart's domestic sales at existing stores, a crucial yardstick in retailing, have been flagging for years, and Wall Street is losing its patience.

But one can use a rough-and-ready yardstick: in how many places did the inventors seek a patent for the same technology?

Sales at stores open at least a year, a crucial yardstick in retailing, plunged by 11percentt at Kohl's and 7.9percentt at Macy's, compared with last year.

But we also wanted to intervene and interrupt that pure voyeurism, and so we have placed a wooden yardstick in each picture.

Sales at stores open at least a year, a crucial yardstick in retailing, fell 4.2percentt at Sears and 5percentt at Kmart.

Sales at stores open at least a year, a crucial yardstick in retailing, rose just 1.6percentt last month, the slowest growth since October 1995, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.