Sentences with phrase «good litmus test for»

I have always felt that a good litmus test for a future husband was whether or not you could picture him as a good father.

Its a good litmus test for all people on these blogs.

A lengthy track record of dividend growth is usually a pretty good litmus test for business quality, as it's nigh impossible to run a low - quality business while simultaneously paying out ever - larger dividends to your shareholders.

A lengthy dividend growth track record is a pretty good litmus test for the quality of a business.

That's a good litmus test for you, to see if your pitch is ready to be sent out in the form of a query letter and / or to be a verbal pitch in a conference setting where many agents and editors turn up these days to meet new writers, which they truly want to do at all times.

While they lack the firepower of the Baftas or the Golden Globes, the New York Film Critics Circle awards are regarded as a good litmus test for the Academy Awards.

Pyle ended a two fight skid with the win and is a good litmus test for any up and coming fighter in the welterweight division.

«A good litmus test for me is always when I listen to radio interviews or TV interviews, I tend to close my eyes and just listen to the voice, and hear the answer,» Leaf said on a Cleveland radio show as transcribed by the New York Post.

A good litmus test for whether or not I enjoyed a book is to go back and see how often I marked it up.

They may not be the «best» team in the country (or they very well could be, I really don't know who is right now) but I think they're still the standard - bearer and probably the best litmus test for where this Penn State team truly stands.

Not exact matches

Why then is it so hard and almost never coming for those who sit in a hierarchy that Jesus never established (Luke 22:24 - 26) and who also set up «litmus tests» for excommunicating «heretics» (subtly administered in the following way»... maybe it would be better if you would find yourself a church that believes more like you do...») to repent and change the order of their churches?

It's well past time that «religiosity» be eliminated as a kind of litmus test for qualifying for political leadership.

To sum this up, there are no litmus tests to prove someone is going to heaven you can pray to God, and ask him to save someone if you are not sure, but ultimately it is whether they believe that because Jesus died for their sins they are going to heaven, but what can effect how well they live their life on earth is how in tune with the Holy Spirit which only happens when you read his word, and listen to GOOD preachers, thankfulness for your salvation which is not mandatory to have it in the first place will bring the passion to live for him out.

The entry on Humanae Vitae tells us that the self - styled orthodox have made it a «litmus test,» when everybody knows that, for better and for worse, it is undeniably that.

Innocence is a sort of litmus test for what is good and evil in life.

Love is the litmus test for good theology.

======= @GOPer «Attempts to justifying legislation of their values:» @Chad «seriously,, you are still trying to say that having some kind of litmus test for what people can lobby their government for is a reasonable and good thing?

I plan to write up a whole separate blog post outlining tips on how to do a successful taste testing session along with a litmus test to determine if it would be a good fit for your picky kid.

It will also serves as litmus test for full cycle of intervention adapting world best practices while considering our own local peculiarities, exhibiting the best of transparency, accountability and in full consideration of the protection and integrity of the affected persons.

The threat of a reform to the Human Rights Act would have provided us with a good litmus test, but so far nothing has been produced for MPs to vote on.

A well - received IPO could not only put IAC significantly ahead of its competitors, but also serve as a litmus test for the entire dating industry.

So, working virtually should be a good litmus test to ensure our work is solid for a virtual environment, right?

Use it as the litmus test for every possible solution as you decide what the best way is to keep Colorado's children safe.

Not only is it more objective and easier to measure, he said, but the link between good CPD and unmanageable teacher workload could also make CPD a useful litmus test for how hard staff are having to work more broadly.

The progressive - leaning Alliance for a Better Utah sent letters to members of the Utah Technology Council on Tuesday, criticizing the group's use of Utah Education Association endorsements as a litmus test for school board elections.

The list of graphic novels below, all widely praised as paragons of the format, will hopefully pique reading groups» interest as well as serve as a litmus test for what comics can offer.

Know if your partner passes the «Litmus Test» for lasting love or if you're settling for less than the best.

If you're serious about being an author and making millions from selling books (or enough for a comfortable living), a good litmus test would be whether you finish reading this book today, this week, or never.

Keilson acknowledges that just because an inspector has a license doesn't mean they are a good inspector, but maintains that licensing still protects consumers by serving as a litmus test for those seeking to enter the profession.

Here's the only litmus test you need: if it's good enough for movies, it's good enough for videogames.

Tip: Here's a good litmus test: Is it easy to write the headline for this story?

Here's a good litmus test: Is it easy to write the headline for this story?

But it does at least seem plausible that the ethanol litmus test is broken for good.

Can you also imagine what it would be like if the next president used the well - being of future generations and protecting their inheritance of the commons as the litmus test for judicial appointments?

As EU leaders reaffirmed their full support for the Paris Agreement last week in response to the US retreat, the ESR negotiations are a good litmus test of their commitment.

You ask for help, but my offer constrained by desire to build a better litmus test is only to discuss as neutrally as possible in this thread general approaches, since the utility of a litmus test is in its power to reveal before it transforms the sample.

Litmus test questions with number scores for responses, or color shades on the Italian flag spectrum are all well and good (and definitely an improvement over the stale dichotomies) but do these have a shot of replacing terms like «skeptic» in popular discourse?

The results will be a litmus test for whether the country's economic growth is becoming independent from its greenhouse gas emissions: a better - than - expected annual growth rate of 6.9 % marks the first time in seven years that China's economy is growing faster than the previous year.