1 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 

2 Calamity is man’s true touchstone. 

3 Love is the touchstone of virtue. 

4 Calamity and prisperity are the touchstones of integrity.

5 A man's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.

6 Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.

7 Pupil behaviour was seen as 'the touchstone of quality' of the school system.

8 Until relatively recently,(www.Sentencedict.com) the Japanese car industry was the touchstone of international success.

9 Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau 

10 It is a touchstone for legal definitions and rulings.

11 I knew one little poem by her, when I was very small, and it became a kind of touchstone.

12 Their actions, setting and dialogue are sprinkled with touchstones of gay life.

13 He has been a guiding beacon in my professional life and a touchstone of human integrity.

14 Tested against the touchstone of Scripture, his speculations would reduce the Bible to the size of a slim paperback.

15 I have believed that since my earliest days, and I have used it as a touchstone in all my leadership endeavors.

16 They tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.

17 At its core would be using inflation-adjusted interest rates on short-term credit as its touchstone in setting policy.

18 The truth of the matter is that the current account deficit is a touchstone for the success of the Thatcher revolution.

19 It is about the false use of personal chronology as an indicator or touchstone of human capacity and worth.

20 Those are the right touchstones: breadth of mental outlook and creative imagination.

21 And the research ability is also "touch-stone" of the professional teachers' ability.