Example sentences of "by which to assess " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of Scripture is to act as a ‘ yardstick ’ and ‘ tether ’ by which to assess any claim to contemporary revelation , and to regulate its interpretation . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , hostility to socialist realism runs deep and it would seem appropriate and productive at this stage to examine briefly the more critical views of the practice of Stalinist socialist realism articulated quite dramatically by Georg Lukacs himself , in order to draw up another set of criteria by which to assess Nizan 's communist novels . |
| 3 | If ROI is a relatively unimportant part of this reward system , it may then be used as a very useful diagnostic tool by which to assess operating performance . |
| 4 | Simple profitability is not the right yardstick by which to assess performance . |
| 5 | Throughout our period , however , we see that Whigs were prepared to hold up an independent standard by which to assess the legitimacy of authority , that of fundamental law or natural law , and they were willing to challenge the legitimacy of established authority ( whether royal or Parliamentary ) if power was exercised in violation of people 's natural rights . |
| 6 | Others have sought to generate criteria by which to assess the distinctive features of a political culture . |