Sentence examples for yardstick of whether from inspiring English sources

He said companies' behavior should be measured against a yardstick of whether it is "just and reasonable," referring to a standard often applied to public utility companies to make sure they do not hurt consumers or competition.

Only by the warped yardstick of these wacky days.

Exhaustion has become a yardstick of measuring a meaningful life.

He once said: Be a yardstick of quality.

Classicism measures the present by the yardstick of the past.

The question of whether or not India is a developed or developing country is not so simple that it can be measured by the yardstick of the number of billionaires or a mission to the moon.

It also illustrates the limitations of growth as a yardstick of economic progress.

Measured by the yardstick of the amounts paid for Modigliani and Cézanne, it is laughably low.

By the yardstick of Academy membership, he's wickedly au courant, verging on edgy.

It would be unfair to judge him solely by the yardstick of success.

It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.