Sentences with phrase «yardstick against»

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.

Patrick Michaels helped The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition develop a set of «five guiding scientific principles» aimed at «offering federal and state government a yardstick against which to measure science in public policy.»

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.

Ever since the covers were pulled off the original BMW M5 at the 1984 Amsterdam motor show, it has been the yardstick against which all other super-saloons are judged — and that's a trend that BMW would obviously like to continue with this sixth - generation model.

We call it the yardstick against which all other subcompacts are measured, including the Toyota Yaris, Hyundai Accent, Ford Fiesta, Nissan Versa and Chevy Sonic.

It is hard to say, when there is no external yardstick against which to measure progress.

Almost all women in most developed countries give birth in hospitals, leaving the providers of the birth services with no genuine yardstick against which to measure their care.

Not exact matches

While the company has won some contracts for its testing products, Yardstick goes head to head against several other large and established players.

I'm not saying we always have to accept everything bad out of others, but to hold Gingrich up like this and examine his life against the yardstick of God's Word is monumentally unfair.

If any one of our guys had scored 2 goals against an appalling side like Club Brugges you wouldn't be able to wait to tell everyone how that shouldn't be a yardstick to measure anyone by.

«We are moving into a time when every operational strategy will be measured against a yardstick of sustainability.»

After all, everything we ever do, say, or experience is measured against the yardstick of human endeavor.

All other foods are measured against this yardstick.

A better yardstick of Aldo's ability is how well he's dealt with Frankie Edgar on two separate occasions, Edgar is a fighter who's barely dropped any rounds against every other featherweight he's fought yet Aldo handled him without much trouble both times.

He has noted that common standards will allow schools and providers to focus on excelling against a common yardstick, instead of rewarding those able to game 50 different state education bureaucracies.

After all, what standards are is a target, and the assessments are a yardstick that measures progress against achieving the goals.

«This low rate of parental exemption indicates that our parents and students see the value of measuring the skills of all students against the same standards the same way, using one common yardstick, and one shared goal: learning,» Torlakson said.

How well is the U.S. education system performing, in comparison with other education systems, against those emerging yardsticks?

Since George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind in 2002, federal law has required states to give all public school students in grades three through eight the same exams, so their math and language skills could be measured against a common yardstick.

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.

Remove the yardstick and use it to reach into the cage through the bars (it's easiest from above) and maneuver the carrier door open until the door is resting against the side of the cage.

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.

I worry that in comparing similar elements of video games and films, we lose sight of what works in their respective media are trying to accomplish, and the result is that we measure video games against the yardstick of film or use the language of film to discuss video games.

Along the central axis, a yardstick painted actual size — is set against the cool purplish depth of the ground.

The IPCC Communication Handbook is but one very basic yardstick to compare it against.

Note also that the chapter has a detailed discussion how well we can estimate variability generated within the system (which is the yardstick we distinguish response to external forcing against).

While there are many standard climate models to intercompare, and agreed yardsticks to compare them against, there is no analogous suite of economic models.

Fresh from the government's lockup, here is a look at the key features, and an early assessment of how they stack up against the yardstick of good policy.

Will any of this be enough, when measured against the most rigorous yardstick of all: what the science requires to avert catastrophe?

The sharing principle was established in the judgment of White v White, when Lord Nicholls stated that tentative views must be checked «against the yardstick of equality», but cautioned that introducing a 50 - 50 division of assets as a starting point would be «impermissible judicial gloss»; introducing a legal provision was a «matter for parliament».

He added that allegations of failure to co-operate should not be measured against «a yardstick of perfection.»