11.   But if learning by doing matters, then the fewer hours that people spend working, the less opportunity that employers will have to assess their qualities.

12.   But they assert that mechanisms for assessing their quality already exist in the forms of patient-satisfaction surveys and a rigorous accrediting system.

13.   Conducting clinical trials to determine the safety and effectiveness of therapies is a first step in assessing quality.

14.   Dr. Ainsworth also developed methods for assessing the quality of the mother-infant bond.

15.   Increased ease of trading bank loans is generally positive for investors, who now have more benchmarks for assessing portfolio quality.

16.   John Bearden, the chief executive of GMAC Home Services in Nashville, Tenn., took the Myers-Briggs questionnaire to assess his qualities as a manager.

17.   Knowing how to assess the quality of toro is just one way for sushi eaters to separate the merely good restaurant from the truly excellent.

18.   Others in the health profession called the research very important to assessing the quality of American health care.

19.   She is nationally known for her work on assessing child-care quality.

20.   The Carter Center in Atlanta recently dispatched a delegation of observers to assess the quality of the campaign, at the invitation of both the PRI and the PAN.