Sentence examples for be a poor guide from inspiring English sources

But this measure tends to be a poor guide to peaks and troughs.

But past performance may be a poor guide to the future.

Equally, social media can be a poor guide to voting intention, as the SNP discovered last September.

Then again, in a campaign marked by all manner of firsts, history may be a poor guide.

"She is an ex-grammar school girl," said the Times, "but autobiography in this case would be a poor guide to good policy".

That leaves the Fed precious little firepower to respond to another shock.Thus, previous cycles may be a poor guide to how long the current one lasts.

History is a poor guide.

But headlines are a poor guide to history.

Fear is a poor guide to the future.

The state of a marriage is a poor guide to the course of a Presidency.

Just as Brideshead Revisited is a poor guide to student life, current stereotypes are equally unreliable.