sole indicator

collocation in English

meaningsofsoleandindicator

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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səʊl/us
/soʊl/
being one ...
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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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(Definition ofsoleandindicatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsole indicator

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Consequently, burial location should not be used as thesoleindicatorof status.
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The 'daily weight' in the hospital should not be thesoleindicatorof nutritional status.
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It is not sensible to rely on mass as thesoleindicatorof restriction, and simply to ignore the issue of battery use.
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But it is certainly not thesoleindicator.
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By itself, that is not necessarily thesoleindicatorof the level of violence.
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We have sometimes been obsessed with making league tables thesoleindicatorof quality at the expense of alternative methodologies for raising standards in schools.
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We might be mistaken in using the gross domestic product per inhabitant as thesoleindicator.
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Designation will not be an indication of the importance of a service relative to other services nor thesoleindicatorof a service that has to be provided locally.
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It should however be noted, that in subsequent cases, the control test has largely been abandoned as asoleindicatorof employment status.
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Grades alone are not thesoleindicatorof a successful completion of a course.
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While each has its own advantage and peculiarity to deal with particular situations, there is no unanimous opinion amongst economists as to onesoleindicator.
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Even though important, input indicators like the unit production cost should not be seen as sole indicators of operational efficiency.
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