Iron a seam alongside the yardstick with a continuous sweeping motion.
Later in the hearing, Smith made the case for a new yardstick with which to measure an NSF grant that would focus on its likely contribution to "the national interest".
Sernovitz stands Manhattan upright as a yardstick, with Harlem as "the heavens" and the Battery deep underground.
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.
Neither can it be assumed necessarily that there is any real equilibrium population size to be used as a yardstick with which to compare current population sizes.
With the documentation of the hourly wage, previously non-existent transparency has been achieved, and with average rate of €43.000 per hour, the clowns have been given a yardstick with which to assess their individual earnings.
In the end, exchange rates are an easy yardstick with which to judge the shadow play of Asian politics.
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.
This is the new yardstick with which to measure the success of an artwork.
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.
