If Ofsted's influence is weakened, it leaves the market as the main indicator of quality.
Our main indicator of progress, GDP, is a measure of economic activity of money changing hands.
More important, the show's advance sale, the main indicator of a production's staying power, began to shrink rapidly.
The main indicator of the slowdown is a fall in fertility.
The main indicator of success was to be how many patients had responded to treatment, as measured by an index of disease activity.
I do look at the tests as a safety net, but not the main indicator of how my child is doing".
The main indicator of business confidence, an index published by the Ifo institute in Munich, has fallen for nine of the past ten months.
Treating monogamy, rather than honesty or joy or humor, as the main indicator of a successful marriage gives people unrealistic expectations of themselves and their partners.
He said that it was temporary and precautionary, but that it was necessary to protect foreign currency reserves, a main indicator of the government's stability.
They should not, however, be allowed to obscure the bigger picture, and the main indicator of the current election – namely, that in terms of policy preferences, Israelis are largely united.
FRANKFURT — A main indicator of business sentiment in Europe unexpectedly fell deeper toward recession territory Thursday, compounding concerns about the global recovery after signs of slowing manufacturing in China.
