Sentence examples for poor gauge from inspiring English sources
Softbank's chief executive, Masayoshi Son, said the earnings report was a poor gauge of the company's performance because of its structure as an investment vehicle.
But it is undoubtedly true that the average golfer is an exceedingly poor gauge of what really ails his or her performance.
"These figures need to be taken with a grain of salt as official GDP growth appears to have become a poor gauge of the performance of China's economy," said Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at Capital Economics.
Stockmarket exuberance is a poor gauge of the national mood, given how few Thais are investors (120,000 active accounts at the Stock Exchange of Thailand, in a country of 67m).
Though Barnsley is a poor gauge of anything, as discussed above, it is certainly no comfort to anyone who worries that the slow decline of two party politics may pave the way for the sort of angry identity politics common on the continent of Europe.
It is acknowledged that data at 1ka33 were not of good quality due to poor gauge reading (personal communication).
The tax has the same effect on rich and poor, as gauged by a proportion of their spending.
Traditional techniques for estimation of flood using historical rainfall runoff data are restricted in application for small basins due to poor stream gauging network.
Their joint framework also recognises that the poorest countries needed special treatment in freeing farm trade, but implies that big agricultural exporters, such as Brazil, should not get such privileges.The deal's ambition or its potential impact on poor countries is difficult to gauge because it includes no numbers, dates or references to specific products.
Moreover, a very dense network of gauges is needed, as the correlation between the measurements taken in two rain gauges is poor even at 500 m distance over time scales of 30 min [4].
That is truer still in poor countries, where rain gauges are scarce and radar often nonexistent, but mobile phones common.
