Sentences with phrase «yardstick in»

It truly is the yardstick in the TV business.

The yardstick in s 37 (1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, «just and convenient», had to be applied having regard to the interests not only of the claimant but also of the defendant.

The sum of the different improvements made to this engine has produced a gain of 20hp and 40Nm over Mégane R26.R which itself emerged as the yardstick in the world of performance hatches.

The technological tour de force that is the R35 GT - R comfortably became the performance yardstick in the alluringly accessible # 50k price bracket.

There's a new yardstick in town, a significant change in the way we measure how insufferably self - indulgent and scripted to within an inch of its three - hour life a TV awards show can be.

On that same note, as you read this introductory article and discover how useful the P / E ratio can be, keep in mind you can't always rely on price - to - earnings ratios as the be-all-end-all yardstick in determining whether a company's stock is expensive.

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.

Hang the yardsticks in your classroom where they are visible to students.

Not exact matches

I've generally judged smartphone cameras by the yardstick set by Apple, since the iPhone has for years led the way in top - notch mobile imaging.

Better yet, in a world of never - ending to - do lists it provides a yardstick of when to consider the day done and go home.»

In the past two years, Yardstick has branched into another vertical: selling software that allows clients to administer certification tests online rather than on paper.

Vets need to be trained in prescribing the product line, and Yardstick delivers that service online.

Kureluk believes that Yardstick has to get itself in front of potential customers in order to close a deal, and that means working the phones in the traditional way.

In an era in which organizations of all sizes have become preoccupied with training and certification standards, Yardstick Software, an Edmonton firm, has figured out how to profit from our fascination with measuremenIn an era in which organizations of all sizes have become preoccupied with training and certification standards, Yardstick Software, an Edmonton firm, has figured out how to profit from our fascination with measuremenin which organizations of all sizes have become preoccupied with training and certification standards, Yardstick Software, an Edmonton firm, has figured out how to profit from our fascination with measurement.

Yardstick's longer - term objective — what Kureluk calls the company's «big hairy audacious goal» — is to become the most recognized testing brand in the Commonwealth by 2030.

But because of Yardstick's e-commerce offerings and the company's investment in its website, the firm's brand has begun to gain recognition in the U.S. and Europe.

In Canada, Kureluk continues, Yardstick discovered that there was no one else doing this kind of work.

In the U.S., not surprisingly, Yardstick doesn't have such complete command of its market niches.

«In a sense, the yardstick for performance is much higher in the smaller organization,» said Kon Leong, founder and CEO of ZL TechnologieIn a sense, the yardstick for performance is much higher in the smaller organization,» said Kon Leong, founder and CEO of ZL Technologiein the smaller organization,» said Kon Leong, founder and CEO of ZL Technologies.

You may be in for a shock if your boss's performance yardstick varies from yours.

The amount of equity the owner has in the business is an important yardstick used by investors when evaluating the company.

Flying in egg - shaped orbits, each one lasting 14 days, Juno also will look for evidence that Jupiter has a dense inner core and measure how much water is in the atmosphere, a key yardstick for figuring out how far away from the sun the gas giant formed.

«What happens in general is that people tend to gravitate toward less ambiguous — even if they're not so relevant — yardsticks.

Average annual inflation — one yardstick of economic growth — hasn't hit the Fed's 2 % target in years.

Uber told stockholders that gross bookings, the key yardstick of demand for ride services, rose 11 percent to $ 9.71 billion in the period that ended in September, compared with $ 8.74 billion in the second quarter, said the people.

In baseball lingo, our performance yardstick is slugging percentage, not batting average.»

For sure, this is smartness, in the secular meaning of the word, as measured by the yardstick of achievement in the secular realm.

Belief in the sign of Jonah (3 days and 3 nights as per Mat 12:40) may, however, be of vital importance, serving as a yardstick for Jesus to «measure» our faith in Him when He comes to «separate the sheep from the goats».

In the teaching of Jesus, goodness is not measurable by any yardstick.

His yardstick for measuring democracy, however, is primarily one of national election, Western - style, while China «remains one of the very few countries in the world today that does not even pretend to choose its leaders by popular election» (p. xi).

Those whose existence allows us the opportunity for growth in love have a value that can not be properly measured when rationality is the yardstick.

We have there a valid yardstick to apply to our lives as individual Christians, local congregations and as missionary people of God in the world.

The point is the canon (from cubit) is the yardstick by which all other yardsticks are measured first,... off a degree in port, miles off course out to sea, i.e. (upon this rock ain't the pope) been there done that,..

Melbourne, under the influence of Latin American Liberation Theology and the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops (Medellin in 1968) and Puebla in 1979), rightly stated that God had a preferential option for the poor, and the principle or yardstick to judge the authenticity and credibility of the church's missionary engagement was the relationship of the church to the poor.

It spoke of a «non-imperialistic evangelism, a faithful evangelism that aims at the transformations and permeation of societies from within; looks to the kingdom that is coming as the recapitulation of all things in Jesus Christ».21 Melbourne spoke of the kingdom as the goal of mission, the poor as a new missionary yardstick, and the Church as an agent of mission and a sacrament of the kingdom.

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.

The power, the intimidation, the fearlessness are still there, but so are grace and finesse and economy of movement, terms previously associated with Houston's Akeem Olajuwon, Ewing's yardstick through most of the»80s, and San Antonio rookie David Robinson, the only other NBA center currently mentioned in the same breath with Ewing and Olajuwon.

Well if a players presence in the field causes the team to lose points what better yardstick is there?

Mourhino won the CL with both Porto and Inter but am sure even his most adoring fan will never qualify both teams as GREAT or memorable... PG's Cl winning squad will go down in the annals of the game as a yardstick for what and how football should be played.....

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

Nonsense, what does longevity mean, World cup is the yardstick, where is Ronaldo dalima, how dare you rate Christiana Ronaldo over Dalima, that's inept, Why should Messi be above Maradonna, The quality of footballers now are even lesser than ever, all we have are two inches above average players in Messi and Ronando, remember Zidane time where we had Figo, ROnaldino, Seedorf, Maldini, Nedved, Crespo, Batistuta, Shevy.....

It wasn't the best performance from the Gunners by any yardstick but their ability to pull one out of the bag in such games is a mark of champions and is one that'll amply please boss Arsene Wenger.

Overcoming a side ranked 176th in the world is hardly a yardstick with which to measure success or progress, but there were flashes of promise as the first half came to a close.

In terms of an uneventful pre-season — there is perhaps no better yardstick to gauge their prospects for most foreign players on both sides are unknown quantities — Lobera's team will be the more favoured one.

You just need to adjust your «yardstick» — in other words, don't measure your baby's success compared to other BW babies (including your first).

... Legal change has been constrained because marriage serves as the yardstick by which law reformers measure other adult relationships as worthy of mutual rights and obligations in the family arena.

With marriage as the yardstick, the relationship between parents with a child in common does not seem worthy of a legal status.

In my experience, nothing can make you feel more like you have just been measured by The Yardstick Of The Approval Of Others like parenting can.

The Rules are the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions (the Code), which are the yardstick to measure compliance by all companies in all countries.

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.