rule-of-thumb

Anyway, at the end of the day, the above is only a rough rule-of-thumb; ultimately the price is going to be what's set for orders or what's quoted for requests.

Gigging for Groats Hal Duncan 2010

I am extremely skeptical that it represents some type of rule-of-thumb for many reasons.

Freeman Dyson on Global Warming, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

By the way, a good rule-of-thumb is that the total collection from all taxes together should not be less than a fifth, and no more than a third, of the value of the total production in the economy.

Marcelo Giugale: Why Is It So Difficult to Agree on Tax Reform? Marcelo Giugale 2011

However, methodological naturalism is a valid rule-of-thumb.

Bradley Monton's Paper criticizing Dover Decision 2009

By the way, a good rule-of-thumb is that the total collection from all taxes together should not be less than a fifth, and no more than a third, of the value of the total production in the economy.

Marcelo Giugale: Why Is It So Difficult to Agree on Tax Reform? Marcelo Giugale 2011

It would appear to me that the FTA, similar* to the (weak) Antrhopic Principle (WAP), can be used as a guide/rule-of-thumb in scientific research (again, something Dr. Heddle has gone on to demonstrate effectively).

David Heddle's take on the Fine-Tuning Argument 2010

Anyway, at the end of the day, the above is only a rough rule-of-thumb; ultimately the price is going to be what's set for orders or what's quoted for requests.

Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010

She went into service early, and while yet a young woman, by rule-of-thumb progression, she became a lady's maid.

THE UNEXPECTED 2010

If that is not the case, this will break a long-standing rule-of-thumb for the DC journalist elites.

Think Progress » Heilemann: Palin ‘regularly’ said that ‘that Saddam Hussein had been behind 9/11.’ 2010

However, methodological naturalism is a valid rule-of-thumb.

Bradley Monton's Paper criticizing Dover Decision 2009