Sentences with phrase «good measuring stick»

Critical appreciation is as good a measuring stick for value as anything else.

Total yardage is never a very good measuring stick, of course.

«Long enough» to impart the information necessary to leave the reader better off is a much better measuring stick.

In fact, the Army has actually formulated a new and improved PFT that will focus on total body factors and will serve as a better measuring stick to a soldier's combat readiness.

A good measuring stick would be Alexander Payne's Election (1999), which was also adapted from a novel by Tom Perotta and was a good deal tighter and more fearless; that movie sustained its biting humor, while Little Children can't quite decide on a tone.

He proposes to preserve testing requirements but create a better measuring stick, require teachers be evaluated by performance (not credentials), and use carrots instead of sticks to encourage progress.

Yeah, length for collections tends to be the good measuring stick.

But people who haven't experienced that professional touch may not yet have a good measuring stick — which only further necessitates the involvement of a professional, whether on the editing, production, or promotion side.

APR is a good measuring stick for the costs of loans like mortgages, car loans or even credit cards.

As mentioned in the article, EPS isn't a good measuring stick for a REIT's profit.

The take home message is that if you are considering buying a home, you should not rely on assessed value as a good measuring stick of market value.

If you have ever had a difficult client that thinks the Zillow value is a good measuring stick for market value send them this article.