Still, the numbers serve as barometers of market patterns.
Still, the numbers, along with anecdotal impressions, can serve as barometers of market patterns.
And because loons return to the same territory year after year, they can serve as barometers of pollution, like canaries in a coal mine.
The bill failed to get the required two-thirds majority because lawmakers from Mr. Chen's Democratic Progressive Party remained unified behind him.] Mayoral races on Dec. 7 in Taiwan's two largest cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, will serve as barometers of the public mood toward Mr. Chen and his Democratic Progressive Party.
The Nielsen ratings nonetheless serve as a barometer of sorts in good business times and bad.
The Thanksgiving turkeys serve as a barometer of hunger on the Island.
But they can serve as a barometer of rising investor concerns — and of wider shifts in social mores.
In this sense I guess that the auction could serve as a barometer to gauge the market's pulse".
The Arab Spring began in Tunisia, and its ability to reconcile faith and governance may well serve as a barometer for the region.
The quits rate, which according to the bureau "can serve as a barometer of workers' ability to change jobs," dropped sharply over the last year, to 1.8percentt from 2.2percentt.
Foreign investors expect the Supreme Court's handling of this case will serve as a barometer for the country's commitment to transparent, fair business dealings over all.
