Sentence examples for yardsticks used from inspiring English sources
It could tighten the terms of buy-to-let loans so that they are brought into line with the more stringent yardsticks used for owner-occupiers.
"The logical conclusion is there is some role played" by human affairs, added Dr. Bradley, whose studies of past climates were one of the yardsticks used to measure the reliability of the new work.
"We are not in any way relaxing advice about cleanup standards or allowable doses," said Jonathan D. Edwards, the director of the Radiation Protection Division of the E.P.A. On the question of how clean is clean enough, yardsticks used for programs like the Superfund will continue to be used, and "are not being changed in any way," he said.
The certificate's designers drew on the yardsticks used to test commercial products and services".Accountability" has been a buzz-word among providers of succour at least since 1994, when it emerged that refugee camps in Congo were sheltering those responsible for Rwanda's genocide.
The multifaceted nature of China's economy is reflected in broad SME classifications when compared with yardsticks used in Africa and Europe.
The yardsticks used by the office under Adams continue to be used under his successor, Ronald L. Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor and military judge.
Global surface temperature is the major yardstick used to track how we are changing the climate.
Sales at stores open a year or more, the yardstick used in the retail industry, were down 14percentt in the quarter that ended July 31.
One yardstick used to assess affordability is the ratio of average house prices to average earnings, which captures whether housing is within reach of typical buyers.
So far this year, the Correction Department has classified 12 assaults as a stabbing or slashing, a yardstick used to measure serious violence in the jails.
IF Matt Diffee's success as a New Yorker cartoonist were measured against one yardstick used by professional baseball players, his batting average would be.100 — one cartoon published for every 10 submitted.
