Sentence examples for yardstick with from inspiring English sources

In the end, exchange rates are an easy yardstick with which to judge the shadow play of Asian politics.

Rivals such as Next, and M&S, are far more profitable than John Lewis but Iain Hasdell, chief executive of the Employee Ownership Association, says that is only one yardstick with which to measure success.

There will be plenty of corresponding news stories about the subject matter of the case, if it is important enough, and that gives us another yardstick with which to judge the agency as well.

I liked the idea of Mr. Albee's drama being Penn and Hattie's first serious theatrical experience (they've seen their share of musicals and comedies), a yardstick with which they would be able to measure other ambitious plays.

Knowledge about the natural history of a disease is the underpinning of all medical decision-making, and serves as the yardstick with which to measure the risks and benefits of intervention.

Yet Torvill and Dean's gold medal at the Sarajevo 1984 Olympics is the undoubted, unequalled yardstick with which subsequent British skaters have been measured and beaten.

Christien Meindertsma, a Dutch designer, knits rugs on needles as long as yardsticks with wool spun from the fleece of Welsh sheep she's seen in person.

Take the stick and do some yardsticks with the ball to see whether you like the stick.

By that yardstick, Japan, with a huge economy, and India, with a huge population, would look like perennial underachievers, while sports-crazy Australia and Cuba might well claim to be the real Olympic medal champions.

The yardstick method with two anchoring points - utility of use of work and leisure activity forgone in favor of exercise - can only measure valuations between these two points.

Now there is one you can measure with a yardstick.