Sentences with phrase «useful gauge»

With the manual transmission, the tachometer is a very useful gauge, and I did not miss an analog speedometer; the digital readout was perfectly suitable, especially given the Sonic's small amount of power.

Johnson plans to tinker with his model before the 2012 Summer Games, but insists that it provides a useful gauge of countries» returns on their Olympic investments.

Some have commented it runs a degree or two hotter than other thermometers, so it's a useful gauge of the maximum heat of the room.

Of course, the other half of the time he's a useful gauge of how Dexter is evolving beyond his training.

(Borrowers typically end up paying a lower rate than is indicated here, owing to discounts and special offers, but it serves as a useful gauge.)

I choose the national (i.e. the traditional total corporate profits everyone looks at), because I think profits that effect companies on the London Stock Exchange should not be included if you want to use the statistic as a useful gauge of the market.

A useful gauge of the impact of a change of a few degrees in global mean temperature can be found in Tom Crowley's article on paleoclimate in this issue of CONSEQUENCES.

I'm old enough to recall cars that had useful gauges — the cooling - system temperature gauge, for example.