The phrase "as a better indicator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the effectiveness of different measures or signs in indicating a particular outcome or trend.
Example: "The recent data trends serve as a better indicator of future market behavior than previous forecasts."
Alternatives: "as a more accurate measure" or "as a superior sign".
Yards per attempt are often cited as a better indicator of a quarterback's greatness than completion percentage.
Economists, including those at the bureau, regard the payroll survey as a better indicator of employment growth, because of its broader sample size.
Fly-ash was found to be more stable and act as a better indicator of soil erosion phase than SOC content.
Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analyses supported serum thiostatin, but not NGAL, as a better indicator of drug-induced hepatobiliary injury than conventional clinical chemistry parameters, i.e. ALP, ALT and AST.
This dependence is presented as a better indicator of sustainability than a traditional energy account as it reflects the ability for the system to rely on flow energies rather than on stock energies.
The Ashford example suggests that using HS1 costs 27% more than the fare structure of the existing railway, which I think we can rely on as a better indicator of what fares will be like on HS2 than what the politicians are telling us.
Still, core inflation, which many view as providing a better indicator of underlying inflationary pressures, has edged up gradually since last year.
As overall survival is a better indicator of efficacy than response rate (Maisey et al, 2002), the evidence from these end points, interpreted alongside the overall survival result (Sultana et al, 2007), do not support the use of 5FU combinations over 5FU single agent.
Phosphorus sorption as assessed with ITC was a better indicator of P bioavailability to maize than pearl resin and Hedley fractionation, and suggested that P was less bioavailable after ruzigrass due to increased SOM, which resulted in the formation of metal phytate and more effective organo-metal sites for ligand exchange.
When assessing the oil market, we tend to focus more on Brent than WTI crude oil prices as we believe that Brent is a better indicator of worldwide oil prices than WTI.
