The phrase "as a possible indicator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting that something may serve as a sign or signal of a particular condition or outcome.
Example: "The increase in temperature can be seen as a possible indicator of climate change."
Alternatives: "as a potential sign" or "as a possible signal."
Wheelchair pushers say they see the ability to schlep a huge bag as a possible indicator that someone does not truly need assistance.
The review's conclusion that "membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism", shows that, grosso modo, the more hardline view from abroad has carried the day.
"The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism," Cameron said in a written ministerial statement to MPs. "Parts of the Muslim Brotherhood have a highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism".
Overcrowding has long been considered by neighborhood groups, tenant advocates and building inspectors as a possible indicator of illegal housing, but it wasn't until this year that New York State gave building inspectors a specific formula for determining when a housing unit had too many inhabitants.
The first lesson, therefore, that must be learned from Bijan's case and taken on board by every police officer in the UK, is that such an allegation is highly dangerous and should be "red flagged" as a possible indicator of a future hate crime.
One discussion touched on patterns of collaboration in research, and that got me wondering if anyone had analyzed trends in co-authorship of science papers as a possible indicator of the global "match.com" potential of various Web tools for fostering collaboration among experts with variegated skill sets.
Our results present the deterioration of QOL as an possible indicator of inadequate PTSD treatment.
But then astronomer Greg Henry of Tennessee State University in Nashville found that the star's brightness waxed and waned in the same 3.8-day period as the apparent wobble--a possible indicator of blotches akin to giant sunspots.
13 Histologic subtype was reported to be an unreliable prognostic factor, and age was deemed a possible indicator as some studies suggest that elderly patients with advanced NSCLC have poorer outcomes.
Interestingly, in this study, we also observed an association of this mutant variant with lower Karnofsky performance scores after therapy for trend as a further possible indicator of the relevance of this variant for MTX toxicity.
Altered level of consciousness has been advocated as a possible useful indicator of delirium in this population.
