Sentence examples for yardstick of how from inspiring English sources

The provision for bad loans is one yardstick of how severe HSBC believes the financial crisis will be.

In rates and credit spreads, the bank's quarterly value at risk — a yardstick of how much could be lost in one trading day — was $61 million, up from $46 million in the year-ago period.

In the quarterly filing, the investment bank also disclosed that it reined in its value at risk, a yardstick of how large a loss could be posted in one trading day.

Its value at risk, a yardstick of how much in losses could be suffered in one trading day, dropped to $81 million a day from $92 million a day in the second quarter, a level not seen in more than five years.

But now it is TCS that is being taken as a yardstick of how the industry is performing.

Are you measuring it by the yardstick of how well the company is meeting its strategic and operation plan?

Trump Hotels recently reported a second-quarter loss of $17.6 million, or 59 cents a share, compared with a loss of $10 million, or 46 cents a share, in the period a year earlier -- one yardstick of just how badly the company has been performing.

It's become the defining strategic debate of the year and a yardstick for how we interpret the game as onlookers and analysts.

But as the net permeates society, says Mr Schneier, "expect to see more of this kind of thing in future".Finally, SQL Slammer provides a yardstick for how internet security has improved since Nimda, which struck shortly after September 11th 2001.

But I kind of view it more as a yardstick for how much I've accomplished.

The Texas governor frequently cited tests of children in 21 countries, including the United States, as yardsticks of just how much room for improvement there was.