Sentence examples for yardsticks at the from inspiring English sources

But because money and opinion polls are the only yardsticks at the moment, several candidates whose fund-raising is failing, such as Lamar Alexander, a former Tennessee governor, and Dan Quayle, a former vice-president, could drop out if they do poorly in Iowa.

Prost, as the recognised yardstick at the time, was the man he needed to beat to prove it, and Senna went to the limits of both his ability and acceptability - and beyond - to do so.

Place the beginning of the yardstick at the tip of your outstretched hands.

Muirhead, formerly a high-class hurdler, has had only five starts over fences and gave a glimpse of his potential with a comfortable victory over some reliable and more experienced yardsticks at Limerick last month.

Though the offer, worth 7,000 rupiah, or 77 U.S. cents, per Danamon share, may appears to be steep, it is less generous using another valuation yardstick: At 2.6 times book value, the deal is below the ratio of some other big banking takeovers in Indonesia.

BPTC providers must adopt this yardstick, at least.

Today marked the seventh time the yardstick closed at an all-time high in the past ten trading sessions.

By conventional financial yardsticks, the club is grossly overvalued at $3bn£1.9bnbn) while also carrying £368m of debt.

By those yardsticks "Own the Night" takes a clear stance.

In this position, on a yardstick, the assessor recorded, at the third metacarpal head, the starting position.

It requires a yardstick to be leveled at the height of the acromion and the person to reach as far forward without falling or taking a step.