reliable indication

collocation in English

meaningsofreliableandindication

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reliable
adjective
uk
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/us
/rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/
Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way ...
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indication
noun
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely ...
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(Definition ofreliableandindicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreliable indication

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Sandstones are considered to give a morereliableindicationof the state of evolution of the source volcanic arc than do the siltstones.
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The statistical strength of a rule or pattern is not always areliableindicationof novelty or interestingness.
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The results are therefore likely to provide a morereliableindicationof children's early verb use than the previous study.
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This ratio had low standard errors among individuals within a strain or genotype, and so gives areliableindicationof the predominant female hydrocarbons.
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Laboratory confirmation involves a combination of serological tests, none of which alone provides areliableindicationof current disease activity.
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Nor would they provide areliableindicationof activity in any particular month, because of time lags in the receipt of invoices and in payments.
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The net balance for so short a period is not areliableindicationof the number who have settled.
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There is noreliableindicationof the size of the total world car market.
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The country of origin is not necessarily areliableindicationof quality and safety.
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I think that most people took them for what they were—areliableindicationof the trend of unemployment.
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It is not possible to provide areliableindicationof butter prices if arrangements similar to those which applied in 1972 were to obtain today.
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There is noreliableindicationof any decrease.
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For reasons of sample size, this information is unlikely to provide areliableindicationof trends.
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However, there is uncertainty as to the extent to which this sample can be regarded as areliableindicationof all coins in circulation.
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Variation in the size of fish caught from one year to another does not by itself give areliableindicationof over-fishing.
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That is what we have asked for—areliableindication.
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I believe that they will take the new figures as areliableindicationof the trend.
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I regard that as giving a veryreliableindicationto clients as to whom they might use reasonably safely for that purpose.
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We found no cases which would provide areliableindicationof the likely effects of tolling in this country.
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