better indicator
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbetterandindicator
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better
adjective
uk/ˈbet.ər/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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indicator
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.dɪ.keɪ.tər/us/ˈɪn.də.keɪ.t̬ɚ/
something that shows what a situation ...
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Examplesofbetter indicator
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Abetterindicatorof profitability for the manufacturer is the discounted rate of return.
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Performance of rituals, however, may be abetterindicatorof religiosity than beliefs.
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If the second hypothesis is more accurate, it means that self-reported media exposure is probably abetterindicatorof interest than the subjective self-assessment.
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Actual abundance of beneficial arthropods was abetterindicatorof biological control potential than activity estimates.
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Scale of consumption is probably abetterindicatorof wealth than other qualitative approaches.
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The authors accept the growing body of evidence that 'years to death' is probably abetterindicatorof healthcare costs than 'years since birth'.
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We suggest that the perfusion defects observed in this study may be abetterindicatorof systemic ventricular impairment.
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One might conclude that in mature trees, crown form is abetterindicatorof historical lianatree relations than crown area.
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This relationship did not exist for standard blood pressure measurement, suggesting that ambulatory blood pressure maybe abetterindicatorof disease state.
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In contrast, portfolio approaches provide abetterindicatorof energy import security risks on both theoretical and methodological grounds.
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Perhaps living alone may be abetterindicatorof the absence of social support than the measures employed in this study.
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The level of education was abetterindicatorof network differences than occupational prestige.
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Therefore, for this time scale of one or two decades, soil measurements are abetterindicatorof the sustainability of a cropping system.
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Theoretical analysis suggests that systemic venous oxygenation may be abetterindicatorof the ratio.
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Perhaps abetterindicatorof a frugivore's importance as a seed disperser to the forest community is the number of species it disperses.
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Redundancy of paragraphs was abetterindicatorfor document selection than the intuitively preferred document containing the answer to the first question.
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Income would have been abetterindicatorof access to formal help, but income data were not available from all the surveys.
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Also, among treated aggressive children, greater consistency between self- and other reports of competence may be abetterindicatorof treatment effectiveness than increases in self-reported competence.
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Mestre concluded that the percentage of plants attacked was abetterindicatorof pest status than actual damage measurements because it required less work.
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The numbers of children and siblings in weekly contact, perhaps abetterindicatorof ' important ' relationships, have been analysed in relation to the adopted living arrangement and several personal attributes.
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