Sentence examples for Barometer from inspiring English sources

But serious limitations in data collection mean that the report serves as a barometer and not a comprehensive overview.

Speak to most teenagers about how they consume music and they'll tell you it's via YouTube, which means the charts – traditionally the barometer of teen taste – don't completely take account of the people who listen to the most new music.

Kraków, the European Cultural Capital in 2000, was ranked just 30th out of 46 European cities on Saffron brand consultants' 2008 European city brand "barometer" [pdf], tied with Cardiff and Chişinău, the capital of Moldova.

However, he's scathing about capitalism as the universal barometer of success: "We don't go to a nun and say that her life has been a failure because she didn't create world peace; instead, she prayed in a room for 50 years.

The arrest and trial of Pussy Riot was seen as a barometer of the direction in which Russia under Putin is moving.

More than any other genre, horror acts as a barometer on exterior fears.

The resulting "brand barometer" is eye-opening: did anyone expect LA to beat New York or London?

They will go a long way in providing a critical barometer to see if Labour has reversed a trend that since the independence referendum of last September has consistently shown the party being all but wiped out in Scotland.

Evaluation of counselling services by students, through local and national studies, such as the national student barometer survey, show very high levels of satisfaction rates of above 90%.

The annual participation survey for Adult Learners' Week has proved a reliable barometer of trends in adult learning over the past 20 years.

Our Guardian Cities global city brand barometer certainly saw the pressure rise in the comments thread.