The phrase "low calibre" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person or thing that is of inferior quality or skill level. Example: "The candidate's lack of experience and poor performance in the interview revealed a low calibre of skills."
The problem is less about the economy, says Porter, more about the dearth – and low calibre – of men.
Numerical simulations were made of low calibre projectiles impacting on alumina tiles backed by an aluminium plate, using a commercial finite difference code.
The system worked well enough to allow the consolidation of Peter's reforms, some success in foreign policy, and a general increase in the power and wealth of the state, despite the low calibre of the rulers and the mismanagement of favourites.
The classic example of this pattern is obliterative bronchiolitis, characterised by the presence of diffuse areas of low density with small calibre vessels seen within (vessel paucity).
However, ultrasound guidance did not achieve a faster time to block common peroneal nerve in comparison with neurostimulation alone (P= 0.2), since common peroneal nerve has small calibre and low echogenicity.
Large calibre axons will only be myelinated when expressing high levels of NRG1 type III compared with the low levels found on small calibre fibres that are organized in Remak bundles.
Mr Walden blamed some of the department's problems on low-calibre civil servants.
An immediate presence: he was tall, lean, and broad-shouldered, with long low-calibre dreads drawn up in a ponytail, gentle-seeming brown eyes, a deep voice, an air of self-containment, and no shortage of self-confidence.
Although she was sometimes dismissively accused of a neo-colonial mentality, she had had no time for the low-calibre colonial servants who were sent to administer her island, and fought her corner with characteristic aplomb.
A compilation of clips from TV shows, movies, and ads, it features mostly low-calibre celebrities and comedians singing along with TV shows' theme songs and merely stating, in more or less meaningless sound bites, their childhood feelings about the artifacts of that era.
The main fund he manages has returned 8% a year for the past decade, double the average for funds that invest in sovereign bonds.In this section Where others fear to tread Full of holes Bonded labour Work, save, move The lonely locomotive Well below par Low-calibre munitions The sages of the pampas Frequent but inefficient ReprintsBig, contrarian bets have become Mr Hasenstab's trademark.
