Sentence examples for be a poor surrogate from inspiring English sources
The typical mandate in conservation planning is to identify areas that represent biodiversity targets within the smallest possible area of land or sea, despite the fact that area may be a poor surrogate for the cost of many conservation actions.
Nevertheless, as Bithell et al recognise, proximity per se may be a poor surrogate for a true measure of exposure.
The measured 'exposure variable' in our case proximity may be a poor surrogate for a genuine exposure variable.
In the absence of federal oversight, clinical observation or experience alone may be a poor surrogate for ensuring the quality, safety and effectiveness of compounded drugs.
This suggests that birth weight may be a poor surrogate for a suboptimal environment during pregnancy when testing for fetal programming via DNA methylation mechanisms.
16– 19 Furthermore, changes in radiographic tumor size, as measured by RECIST, also seem to be a poor surrogate of disease control and oncologic outcome.
We would therefore expect that the countywide average for such components would be a poorer surrogate for personal exposure.
Our data confirm that PFS is a poor surrogate for OS when SPP is long, but it is a better surrogate where SPP is short.
Studies suggest that total coral cover alone is a poor surrogate for habitat structural complexity17, the organization of reef associated species58, ecological function59, or reef recovery60, as it does not capture sufficient variation in structural complexity driven by benthic composition.
Mr. Douglas, a lawyer who has been involved in litigation against the tobacco industry, said the ruling illustrates that the courts are a poor surrogate for government regulation when it comes to holding the industry accountable.
In only 9 of these 21 (43%) cases, did the interval serum amylase or lipase trend parallel the subsequent biopsy diagnosis.With a high biopsy discordance rate, our data suggest that renal allograft rejection is a poor surrogate for pancreas allograft status.
