Sentence examples for a useful barometer from inspiring English sources

Here the U.S. team is a useful barometer for measuring how much international play has improved.

But perhaps the banning of books is a useful barometer of prejudice.

Taking a punt In a tight race, the betting market is a useful barometer.

Rather, because it offers a relatively long history on price and nonprice terms, it is arguably a useful barometer.

As the ultimate form of unmediated communication, it also acts as a useful barometer for free speech.

For Kenneth Davis, a Yonkers community police officer, who has been tracking graffiti for the last decade, the wall markings offer a useful barometer of gang activity.

Pollsters are used to presidential approval ratings going up and down, but trust in government has been a much less volatile index and one that social scientists consider a more useful barometer of the public's attitude toward government.

The front page of Reddit's '"hot" section, an imperfect but useful barometer for the viral stories of the day, currently has headlines like: "Chameleon unsure bug is food or not" and "These condoms are around 60 years old.

7 8 As district hospitals typically serve as hubs linked to multiple primary care facilities and are likely to have important roles in formal and informal knowledge networks in rural areas, we suggest they may be a useful general barometer of the routine adoption of innovations in health systems.

The ratio of European companies' cash earnings (net income plus depreciation) to bond yields a useful barometer of relative equity valuations had dropped to about 1.75 to 1 in June, down from 2.4 to 1 last December.

Individual buildings can be useful barometers for measuring a changing cultural climate.