My measuring rod is, would I be able to live in these things?

Trade performance is, in any case, a poor measuring rod for American industrial might.

Therefore they provided a measuring rod for anyone seeking the good books.

He got up from his desk and stepped over to the measuring rod.

In the coach's scheme of things, hard work is a measuring rod.

At the most it is a model, a measuring rod for the sake of comparison.

At what, then, are we going to laugh, lacking a measuring rod?

I don't think the measuring rod is New York against other places.

A standard overture - for a measuring rod - takes around five minutes.

It provides us discipline and a measuring rod for our creativity.

Fifteen years later, health care is the ultimate measuring rod for his Administration, a staggering challenge.

Measuring rods or reeds are mentioned many times in the Bible.

She measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod.

Brom stood his ground a moment, measuring Rod with a scowl.

Anyway I will never touch my chisel and measuring rod ever again."

John is given a measuring rod to measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

When we had finished with their questions, the picture came back on the screen, with a long measuring rod at the bottom of it.

Yet trade balances are not a measuring rod for unfair trade practices.

"Actually it was done with two measuring rods."

Most measuring rods are round or square sectioned, however they can be flat boards.

Measuring rods and devices lay all around them.

A helot with a measuring rod moved the yellow wood horsemen forward.

A measuring rod is a tool used to physically measure lengths and survey areas of various sizes.

With precise leveling, a series of measurements between two points are taken using an instrument and a measuring rod.

The measuring rod is frequently found depicted in roman art showing the surveyors at work.