Sentences with phrase «used as a yardstick»

The key is for you to set goals like it's really your business; then use them as a yardstick for to measure everything your startup does.

But we must not equate our personal financial decisions with godliness and use them as the yardstick by which to judge — because while we may be able to see what others are spending, we almost always can't tell why.

So why not use them as the yardstick to measure Giroud?

Not too long ago I used to use them as the yardstick for our team in terms of balance and strength in depth.

Still, people tend to use them as yardsticks for successful motherhood.

To help schools and communities look together at these goals and create a plan of action, the IDRA has outlined Six Goals of Educational Equity that school personnel and communities can use as a yardstick to measure their progress and as a lightning rod to galvanize change.

Bradley Scott, Ph.D., director of the IDRA SCCE, gives an overview of the six goals and discusses how school personnel and communities can use them as a yardstick to measure their progress and as a lightning rod to galvanize change.

There is a great weight of responsibility on the shoulders of Motorola's 10.1 - inch tablet: people are using it as a yardstick by which to measure the success of Android tablets against the Apple iPad, a comparison that isn't completely fair (not that you care about ethics when handling over your cash) and one that is likely to shift dramatically during the Xoom's life.

Hypothetical retirement income is expressed in index points, and can be used as a yardstick for systematic withdrawal strategies — expanding the role of S&P STRIDE from wealth accumulation benchmark to decumulation benchmark.

That gives you the number of cents per point — which you can then use as a yardstick to measure the value of that reward against others.

OTOH, Tom Karl's project seeks to bootstrap information about past and future measurements at a large number of sites by setting up a small, optimal network which can be used as a yardstick to check the larger USHCN and the US CO-OP networks.

Given the widespread international support for the Declaration, it is appropriate that the Declaration be used as the yardstick against which the actions of the Australian Government are assessed.

Not exact matches

«We often use that service as the thin edge of the wedge,» says Kureluk, pointing out that this software gives Yardstick the opportunity to upsell other products and services to its customers, such as the «e-learning» software tools developed by a firm that Yardstick bought earlier this year and sold online.

That is not the case because we try to be better and use the past as a lesson and a yardstick to measure our forward progress.

I am not trying to prove that the Qur» an is the word of God using scientific knowledge as a yard stick because any yardstick is supposed to be more superior than what is being checked or verified.

The Western countries are increasingly using their view of human rights concept as a yardstick to judge developing countries and to deal with economic and trade relations to extend development assistance.

I make no pact with Death, oppress no virtuous people, oppress no poor person... I do not use my strength as a yardstick for virtue, and do not say that weakness argues its own futility....

manpower, funds, space) to the exclusion of other ideas, and it allows greater diversity in expression by avoiding the use of the «church vision» as the yardstick of validity instead of the relationship with God.

I'll measure the distance from vertical (using a doorknob as my yardstick) and stand just outside the period I calculate using the amplitude and measured distance, while praying to the doorknob.

«They use it as a true yardstick with which to gauge safety, purity and label transparency.»

Even so, you can use them as one of the yardsticks in determining how your child's development has progressed relative to other children of the same age.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

«I think you're getting a little fixated by vote shares at general elections and using these as the definitive yardstick of the health or otherwise of a particular political party.»

314 Action uses dollars raised as a yardstick to measure a candidate's viability.

Their brightness is so consistently intense that supernovae have been used as «standard candles» or gauges, acting as yardsticks indicating astronomical distances.

Indoor - air scientists have always used this CO2 as a harmless yardstick for measuring the staleness of indoor air.

So a good rule of thumb is to use marriage as a yardstick: while a boyfriend should not «lead» his girlfriend or potential partner to the level of a husband and wife — which is to say he is not yet charged by God to lead, cover, provide and protect — he can absolutely encourage her already present devotion and natural gifts.

For decades, the S.A.T. and the American College Program test have been used by college - admissions officials as a «common yardstick» to determine if students from New England boarding schools, one - room schools, and everywhere in between are ready...

We can check this by comparing the federal yardstick with the one used byFlorida as part of its state accountabilitysystem.

Therefore, using that federally mandated data as the yardstick for school accountability makes sense.

«We want to say (to federal officials), «Look, because of the transition (to Common Core), we need elbow room, and there is no way to measure progress from last year to this year, so (let us) use participation rates (in the test) as the yardstick,»» Chief Deputy State Superintendent Richard Zeiger said.

The department's original plan, as reported in the last edition of Schools Week, was to extend the meals to every child of a family that claimed any part of universal credit, something charities argued would «poison» national data on disadvantaged pupils, for which free meals eligibility is used as an important yardstick.

MD. 1.1: Measure the length of an object by selecting and using the appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tape.

Using the old Colts as a yardstick, the Mirage - Colt - Summit should have better than average trouble - free driving.

Using income as the yardstick, not a specific number of sales, is essential: Publishers might otherwise be able to game the clause by offering one - cent e-books the way they've gamed existing clauses by using e-books and print - on - demUsing income as the yardstick, not a specific number of sales, is essential: Publishers might otherwise be able to game the clause by offering one - cent e-books the way they've gamed existing clauses by using e-books and print - on - demusing e-books and print - on - demand..

By using the S&P STRIDE indices as a benchmark, those who adopt retirement income provisions into an IPS receive an appropriate yardstick against which they can gauge their progress.

In future, if IRDA provides claim settlement details separately for Term insurance plans then this can be used as the main yardstick while opting best online term insurance plan.

Many institutional investors who invest primarily in Nasdaq stocks use this index as a yardstick by which to measure the performance of their portfolios.

In keeping with Montier's absolute value philosophy, we investigated several dynamic allocation strategies based on reducing or eliminating exposure to markets as they get more or less expensive, using the real earnings yield as our yardstick.

But you can use the resulting present value figure that you get by discounting your cash flows back at the long - term Treasury rate as a common yardstick just to have a standard of measurement across all businesses.»

Using that pattern as a rough yardstick, a GTA 6 release date should land in 2018.

Alfred Jensen and Brice Marden were my 2nd, but in my minority opinion (and it is just that, no one else will agree) neither of the latter two painters can hold a candle to Thomas Nozkowski, if one doesn't use money as the yardstick of quality, which it absolutely is not.

Use the soon to arrive data regarding Haiyan typhoon, especially the two story high storm surges that acted like tsunami waves as base yardstick of what is possible in the most extreme similar event.

Do the exact same thing for New Orleans using Katrina, and Miami FL using Hurricane Andrew as the base yardsticks.

Drawing on what they said was the most comprehensive data set ever compiled in the developing world, the researchers aimed to provide a yardstick that public policymakers can use as they consider the implications of decisions now being made on energy.

I'm also reminded that the HADCRUT3 which you so strongly dissociate yourself from, is used as the reference yardstick throughout the IPCC reports.

While previous studies, including one published in the Harvard Business Review last year, surveyed employees» own opinions on how valuable their time entries were, this study used economic value, rather than opinions, as its yardstick.

Thus Lord Nicholls, at [20] and [29], referred to the «equal sharing principle» and to the «sharing entitlement»; those phrases describe more than a yardstick for use as a check.

Don't want to use LegalZoom as a yardstick?

I still use that client as the yardstick by which I measure my own parenting skills.