For example, using projectives as a psychometric technique allows one to compare a person's score with those from a normative group, or with those from some relevant clinic group, or with some other clinically important criterion (e.g., response to treatment).

His many charitable donations are beside the point. They do not make up for the fact that he stole the money to begin with.

He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.

The staff at The Conrad, even as the afternoon wore on, continued cheerfully to replace items, brining, among other things, a new joint of lamb and an exceedingly fresh fruit salad that sported quite a few fraises du bois.