Sentence examples for imperfect measure from inspiring English sources

Facebook "likes" are an imperfect measure.

This is an imperfect measure of success.

Moreover, GDP is a very imperfect measure of human welfare.

But patent counts alone, Mr. Gates noted, are an imperfect measure of a company's innovative activity.

Animals as models of age-related macular degeneration: an imperfect measure of the truth.

The evaluations are often the best -- if imperfect -- measure of teaching ability, Professor McKeatchie said.

And the market-determined salary of a job generally offers the best — if imperfect — measure of its importance.

Arrests last week fell by 65percentt, although arrests can be an imperfect measure of enforcement during a crime lull.

The inflation adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index, which is a widely followed but imperfect measure of inflation.

The SAT is an imperfect measure of good old-fashioned grit — and there's still no substitute for that.

Facebook "likes" are an imperfect measure, but as we've noted before, Facebook likes show broadly similar patterns to polls.